Enzyme capable of degrading cellulose or hemicellulose

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to isolated and purified cellulose- or hemicellulose-degrading enzymes, comprising a catalytically active domain, a carbohydrate binding domain and a linking B region which operably links the catalytically active domain and the carbohydrate binding domain, wherein the carbohydrate binding domain has the following core sequence: ##STR1## wherein the enzyme is endogenous to a strain of a fungus other than Trichoderma or Phanerochaete.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/361,920filed Dec. 22, 1994 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,457,046, which is a continuationof Ser. No. 07/940,860 filed Oct. 28, 1992, now abandoned which is anational application of PCT/DK91/00124 filed May 8, 1991, the contentsof which are fully incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to a cellulose- or hemicellulose-degradingenzyme, a DNA construct coding for the enzyme, a method of producing theenzyme, and an agent for degrading cellulose or hemicellulose comprisingthe enzyme.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Enzymes which are able to degrade cellulose have previously beensuggested for the conversion of biomass into liquid fuel, gas and feedprotein. However, the production of fermentable sugars from biomass bymeans of cellulolytic enzymes is not yet able to compete economicallywith, for instance, the production of glucose from starch by means ofα-amylase due to the inefficiency of the currently used cellulolyticenzymes. Cellulolytic enzymes may furthermore be used in the brewingindustry for the degradation of β-glucans, in the baking industry forimproving the properties of flour, in paper pulp processing for removingthe noncrystalline parts of cellulose, thus increasing the proportion ofcrystalline cellulose in the pulp, and in animal feed for improving thedigestibility of glucans. A further important use of cellulolyticenzymes is for textile treatment, e.g. for reducing the harshness ofcottoncontaining fabrics (cf., for instance, GB 1 368 599 or U.S. Pat.No. 4,435,307), for soil removal and colour clarification of fabrics(cf., for instance, EP 220 016) or for providing a localized variationin colour to give the fabrics a "stone-washed" appearance (cf., forinstance, EP 307 564).

The practical exploitation of cellulolytic enzymes has, to some extent,been set back by the nature of the known cellulase preparations whichare often complex mixtures of a variety of single cellulase components,and which may have a rather low specific activity. It is difficult tooptimise the production of single components in multiple enzyme systemsand thus to implement industrial cost-effective production ofcellulolytic enzymes, and their actual use has been hampered bydifficulties arising from the need to employ rather large quantities ofthe enzymes to achieve the desired effect.

The drawbacks of previously suggested cellulolytic enzymes may beremedied by using single-component enzymes selected for a high specificactivity.

Single-component cellulolytic enzymes have been isolated from, e.g.Trichoderma reesei (cf. Teeri et al., Gene 51, 1987, pp. 43-52; P. M.Abuja, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 156, 1988, pp. 180-185; and P. J.Kraulis, Biochemistry 28, 1989, pp. 7241-7257). The T. reesei cellulaseshave been found to be composed of a terminal A region responsible forbinding to cellulose, a B region linking the A region to the core of theenzyme, and a core containing the catalytically active domain. The Aregion of different T. reesei cellulases has been found to be highlyconserved, and a strong homology has also been observed with a cellulaseproduced by Phanerochaete chrysosporium (Sims et al., Gene 74, 1988, pp.411-422).

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It has surprisingly been found that other fungi, which are not closelyrelated to either Trichoderma reesei or Phanerochaete chrysosporium, arecapable of producing enzymes which contain a region which is homologousto the A region of T. reesei cellulases.

Accordingly, the present invention relates to a cellulose- orhemicellulose-degrading enzyme which is derivable from a fungus otherthan Trichoderma or Phanerochaete, and which comprises a carbohydratebinding domain homologous to a terminal A region of Trichoderna reeseicellulases, which carbohydrate binding domain comprises the followingamino acid sequence ##STR2## or a subsequence thereof capable ofeffecting binding of the enzyme to an insoluble cellulosic orhemicellulosic substrate.

"Xaa" is intended to indicate variations in the amino acid sequence ofthe carbohydrate binding domain of different enzymes. A hyphen isintended to indicate a "gap" in the amino acid sequence (compared toother, similar enzymes).

In the present context, the term "cellulose" is intended to includesoluble and insoluble, amorphous and crystalline forms of cellulose. Theterm "hemicellulose" is intended to include glucans (apart from starch),mannans, xylans, arabinans or polyglucuronic or polygalacturonic acid.The term "carbohydrate binding domain" ("CBD") is intended to indicatean amino acid sequence capable of effecting binding of the enzyme to acarbohydrate substrate, in particular cellulose or hemicellulose asdefined above. The term "homologous" is intended to indicate a highdegree of identity in the sequence of amino acids constituting thecarbohydrate binding domain of the present enzyme and the amino acidsconstituting the A region found in T. reesei cellulases ("A region" isthe term used to denote the cellulose (i.e. carbohydrate) binding domainof T. reesei cellulases).

It is currently believed that cellulose- or hemicellulose-degradingenzymes which contain a sequence of amino acids which is identifiable asa carbohydrate binding domain (or "A region" based on its homology tothe A region of T. reesei cellulases possess certain desirablecharacteristics as a result of the function of the carbohydrate bindingdomain in the enzyme molecule which is to mediate binding to solidsubstrates (including cellulose) and consequently to enhance theactivity of such enzymes towards such substrates. The identification andpreparation of carbohydrate binding domain-containing enzymes from avariety of microorganisms is therefore of considerable interest.

Cellulose- or hemicellulose-degrading enzymes of the invention mayconveniently be identified by screening genomic or cDNA libraries ofdifferent fungi with a probe comprising at least part of the DNAencoding the A region of T. reesei cellulases. Due to the intraspecies(i.e. different T. reesei cellulases) and interspecies homology observedfor the carbohydrate binding domains of different cellulose- orhemicellulose-degrading enzymes, there is reason to believe that thisscreening method constitutes a convenient way of isolating enzymes ofcurrent interest.

DETAILED DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

Carbohydrate binding domain (CBD) containing enzymes of the inventionmay, in particular, be derivable from strains of Humicola, e.g. Humicolainsolens, Fusarium, e.g. Fusarium oxysporum, or Myceliopthora, e.g.Myceliopthora thermophile.

Some of the variations in the amino acid sequence shown above appear tobe "conservative", i.e. certain amino acids are preferred in thesepositions among the various CBD-containing enzymes of the invention.Thus, in position 1 of the sequence shown above, the amino acid ispreferentially Trp or Tyr. In position 2, the amino acid ispreferentially Gly or Ala. In position 7, the amino acid ispreferentially Gln, Ile or Asn. In position 8, the amino acid ispreferentially Gly or Asn. In position 9, the amino acid ispreferentially Trp, Phe or Tyr. In position 10, the amino acid ispreferentially Ser, Asn, Thr or Gln. In position 12, the amino acid ispreferentially Pro, Ala or Cys. In position 13, the amino acid ispreferentially Thr, Arg or Lys. In position 14, the amino acid ispreferentially Thr, Cys or Asn. In position 18, the amino acid ispreferentially Gly or Pro. In position 19, the amino acid (if present)is preferentially Ser, Thr, Phe, Leu or Ala. In position 20, the aminoacid is preferentially Thr or Lys. In position 24, the amino acid ispreferentially Gln or Ile. In position 26, the amino acid ispreferentially Gln, Asp or Ala. In position 27, the amino acid ispreferentially Trp, Phe or Tyr. In position 29, the amino acid ispreferentially Ser, His or Tyr. In position 32, the amino acid ispreferentially Leu, Ile, Gln, Val or Thr.

Examples of specific CBD-containing enzymes of the invention are thosewhich comprise one of the following amino acid sequences ##STR3##

The cellulose- or hemicellulose-degrading enzyme of the invention mayfurther comprise an amino acid sequence which defines a linking B region(to use the nomenclature established for T. reesei cellulases) adjoiningthe carbohydrate binding domain and connecting it to the catalyticallyactive domain of the enzyme. The B region sequences established so farfor enzymes of the invention indicate that such sequences arecharacterized by being predominantly hydrophilic and uncharged, and bybeing enriched in certain amino acids, in particular glycine and/orasparagine and/or proline and/or serine and/or threonine and/orglutamine. This characteristic structure of the B region impartsflexibility to the sequence, in particular in sequences containingshort, repetitive units of primarily glycine and asparagine. Suchrepeats are not found in the B region sequences of T. reesei or P.chrysosporium which contain B regions of the serine/threonine type. Theflexible structure is believed to facilitate the action of thecatalytically active domain of the enzyme bound by the A region to theinsoluble substrate, and therefore imparts advantageous properties tothe enzyme of the invention.

Specific examples of B regions contained in enzymes of the inventionhave the following amino acid sequences ##STR4##

In another aspect, the present invention relates to a carbohydratebinding domain homologous to a terminal A region of Trichoderna reeseicellulases, which carbohydrate binding domain comprises the followingamino acid sequence ##STR5## or a subsequence thereof capable ofeffecting binding of a protein to an insoluble cellulosic orhemicellulosic substrate.

Examples of specific carbohydrate binding domains are those with theamino acid sequence indicated above.

In a further aspect, the present invention relates to a linking B regionderived from a cellulose- or hemicellulose-degrading enzyme, said regioncomprising an amino acid sequence enriched in the amino acids glycineand/or asparagine and/or proline and/or serine and/or threonine and/orglutamine. As indicated above, these amino acids may often occur inshort, repetitive units. Examples of specific B region sequences arethose shown above.

The present invention provides a unique opportunity to "shuffle" thevarious regions of different cellulose- or hemicellulose-degradingenzymes, thereby creating novel combinations of the CBD, B region andcatalytically active domain resulting in novel activity profiles of thistype of enzymes. Thus, the enzyme of the invention may be one whichcomprises an amino acid sequence defining a CBD, which amino acidsequence is derived from one naturally occurring cellulose- orhemicellulose-degrading enzyme, an amino acid sequence defining alinking B region, which amino acid sequence is derived from anothernaturally occurring cellulose- or hemicellulose-degrading enzyme, aswell as a catalytically active domain derived from the enzyme supplyingeither the CBD or the B region or from a third enzyme. In a particularembodiment, the catalytically active domain is derived from an enzymewhich does not, in nature, comprise any CBD or B region. In this way, itis possible to construct enzymes with improved binding properties fromenzymes which lack the CBD and B regions.

The enzyme of the invention is preferably a cellulase such as anendoglucanase (capable of hydrolyzing amorphous regions of lowcrystallinity in cellulose fibres), a cellobiohydrolase (also known asan exoglucanase, capable of initiating degradation of cellulose from thenon-reducing chain ends by removing cellobiose units) or aβ-glucosidase.

In a still further aspect, the present invention relates to a DNAconstruct which comprises a DNA sequence encoding a cellulose- orhemicellulose-degrading enzyme as described above.

A DNA sequence encoding the present enzyme may, for instance, beisolated by establishing a cDNA or genomic library of a microorganismknown to produce cellulose- or hemicellulose-degrading enzymes, such asa strain of Humicola, Fusarium or Myceliopthora, and screening forpositive clones by conventional procedures such as by hybridization tooligonucleotide probes synthesized on the basis of the full or partialamino acid sequence of the enzyme or probes based on the partial or fullDNA sequence of the A region from T. reesei cellulases, as indicatedabove, or by selecting for clones expressing the appropriate enzymeactivity, or by selecting for clones producing a protein which isreactive with an antibody raised against a native cellulose- orhemicellulose-degrading enzyme.

Alternatively, the DNA sequence encoding the enzyme may be preparedsynthetically by established standard methods, e.g. the phosphoramiditemethod described by S. L. Beaucage and M. H. Caruthers, TetrahedronLetters 22, 1981, pp. 1859-1869, or the method described by Matthes etal., The EMBO J. 3, 1984, pp. 801-805. According to the phosphoramiditemethod, oligonucleotides are synthesized, e.g. in an automatic DNAsynthesizer, purified, annealed, ligated and cloned in appropriatevectors.

Finally, the DNA sequence may be of mixed genomic and synthetic, mixedsynthetic and cDNA or mixed genomic and cDNA origin prepared by ligatingfragments of synthetic, genomic or cDNA origin (as appropriate), thefragments corresponding to various parts of the entire DNA construct, inaccordance with standard techniques. Thus, it may be envisaged that aDNA sequence encoding the CBD of the enzyme may be of genomic origin,while the DNA sequence encoding the B region of the enzyme may be ofsynthetic origin, or vice versa; the DNA sequence encoding thecatalytically active domain of the enzyme may conveniently be of genomicor cDNA origin. The DNA construct may also be prepared by polymerasechain reaction using specific primers, for instance as described in U.S.Pat. No. 4,683,202 or R. K. Saiki et al., Science 239, 1988, pp.487-491.

The present invention also relates to an expression vector which carriesan inserted DNA construct as described above. The expression vector maysuitably comprise appropriate promotor, operator and terminatorsequences permitting the enzyme to be expressed in a particular hostorganism, as well as an origin of replication enabling the vector toreplicate in the host organism in question.

The resulting expression vector may then be transformed into a suitablehost cell, such as a fungal cell, a preferred example of which is aspecies of Aspergillus, most preferably Aspergillus oryzae orAspergillus niger. Fungal cells may be transformed by a processinvolving protoplast formation and transformation of the protoplastsfollowed by regeneration of the cell wall in a manner known per se. Theuse of Aspergillus as a host microorganism is described in EP 238,023(of Novo Industri A/S), the contents of which are hereby incorporated byreference.

Alternatively, the host organisms may be a bacterium, in particularstrains of Streptomyces and Bacillus, and E. coli. The transformation ofbacterial cells may be performed according to conventional methods, e.g.as described in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual,Cold Spring Harbor, 1989.

The screening of appropriate DNA sequences and construction of vectorsmay also be carried out by standard procedures, cf. Sambrook et al., op.cit.

The invention further relates to a method of producing a cellulose- orhemicellulose-degrading enzyme as described above, wherein a celltransformed with the expression vector of the invention is culturedunder conditions conducive to the production of the enzyme, and theenzyme is subsequently recovered from the culture. The medium used toculture the transformed host cells may be any conventional mediumsuitable for growing the host cells in question. The expressed enzymemay conveniently be secreted into the culture medium and may berecovered therefrom by well-known procedures including separating thecells from the medium by centrifugation or filtration, precipitatingproteinaceous components of the medium by means of a salt such asammonium sulphate, followed by chromatographic procedures such as ionexchange chromatography, affinity chromatography, or the like.

By employing recombinant DNA techniques as indicated above, techniquesof fermentation and mutation or other techniques which are well known inthe art, it is possible to provide cellulose- or hemicellulose-degradingenzymes of a high purity and in a high yield.

The present invention further relates to an agent for degradingcellulose or hemicellulose, the agent comprising a cellulose- orhemicellulose-degrading enzyme as described above. It is contemplatedthat, dependent on the specificity of the enzyme, it may be employed forone (or possibly more) of the applications mentioned above. In aparticular embodiment, the agent may comprise a combination of two ormore enzymes of the invention or a combination of one or more enzymes ofthe invention with one or more other enzymes with cellulose- orhemicellulose-degrading activity.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows the construction of plasmid p SX224;

FIG. 2 shows the construction of plasmid pHW485;

FIG. 3 shows the construction of plasmid pHW697 and pHW704;

FIG. 4 shows the construction of plasmid pHw768;

FIG. 5 is a restriction map of plasmid pSX320;

FIG. 6 shows the construction of plasmid pSX777

FIG. 7 shows the construction of plasmid pCaHj170;

FIG. 8 shows the construction of plasmid IM4;

FIG. 9 shows the SOE fusion of the ˜43 kD endoglucanase signal peptideand the N-terminal of Endol;

FIG. 10 shows the construction of plasmid pCaHj180;

FIG. 11 shows the DNA sequence and derived amino acid sequence of F.oxysporum C-family cellobiohydrolase (SEQ ID NO:20);

FIG. 12 shows the DNA sequence and derived amino acid sequence of F.oxysporum F-family cellulase (SEQ ID NO:22);

FIG. 13 shows the DNA sequence and derived amino acid sequence of F.oxysporum C-family endoglucanase (SEQ ID NO:24);

FIGS. 14.A-E show the DNA sequence and derived amino acid sequence of H.insolens endoglucanase 1(EG1) (SEQ ID NO:26); and

FIGS. 15A-D show the DNA sequence and derived amino acid sequence of afusion of the B. lautus (NCIMB 40250) Endo 1 catalytic domain and theCBD and B region of H. insolens ˜43 kD endoglucanase (SEQ ID NO:28).

The invention is further illustrated in the following examples which arenot in any way intended to limit the scope of the invention as claimed.

EXAMPLE 1 Isolation of A Region-Containing Clones from H. Insolens

From H. insolens strain DSM 1800 (described in, e.g. WO 89/09259) grownon cellulose, mRNA was prepared according to the method described byKaplan et al., Biochem. J. 183 (1979) 181-184. A cDNA library containing20,000 clones was obtained substantially by the method of Okayama andBerg, Methods in Enzymology 154, 1987, pp. 3-28.

The cDNA library was screened as described by Gergen et al., Nucl. AcidsRes. 7(8), 1979, pp. 2115-2136, with oligonucleotide probes in theantisense configuration, designed according to the published sequencesof the N-terminal part of the A-region of the four T. reesei cellulasegenes (Penttila et al., Gene 45 (1986), 253-63; Saloheimo et al., Gene63, (1988), 11-21; Shoemaker et al., Biotechnology, October 1983,691-696; Teeri et al., Gene 51 (1987) 43-52. The probe sequences were asfollows:

    __________________________________________________________________________    NOR-804                                                                            5'-CTT GCA CCC GCT GTA CCC AAT GCC ACC GCA CTG CCC                       (˜EG 1)                                                                      CCA-3' (SEQ ID NO:30)                                                    NOR-805                                                                            5'-CGT GGG GCC GCT GTA GCC AAT ACC GCC GCA CTG GCC (˜CBH           1)   GTA-3' (SEQ ID NO:31)                                                    NOR-807                                                                            5'-AGT CGG ACC CGA CCA ATT CTG GCC ACC ACA TTG GCC (˜CBH           2)   CCA-3' (SEQ ID NO:32)                                                    NOR-808                                                                            5'-CGT AGG TCC GCT CCA ACC AAT ACC TCC ACA CTG GCC (˜EG            3)   CCA-3' (SEQ ID NO:33)                                                    __________________________________________________________________________

Screening yielded a large number of candidates hybridising well to theA-region probes. Restriction mapping reduced the number of interestingclones to 17, of which 8 have so far been sequenced (as described byHaltiner et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 13, 1985, pp. 1015-1025) sufficientlyto confirm the presence of a terminal CBD as well as a B-region.

The deduced amino acid sequences obtained for the CBDs were as follows

    __________________________________________________________________________    A-1:                                                                              Trp Gly Gln Cys Gly Gly Gln Gly Trp Asn Gly Pro Thr Cys Cys Glu Ala           Gly Thr                                                                       Thr Cys Arg Gln Gln Asn Gln Trp Tyr Ser Gln Cys Leu (SEQ ID NO:2);        A-5:                                                                              Trp Gly Gln Cys Gly Gly Ile Gly Trp Asn Gly Pro Thr Thr Cys Val Ser           Gly Ala Thr                                                                   Cys Thr Lys Ile Asn Asp Trp Tyr His Gln Cys Leu (SEQ ID NO:3);            CBH-2:                                                                            Trp Gly Gln Cys Gly Gly Ile Gly Phe Asn Gly Pro Thr Cys Cys Gln Ser           Gly                                                                           Ser Thr Cys Val Lys Gln Asn Asp Trp Tyr Ser Gln Cys Leu (SEQ ID               NO:4);                                                                    A-8:                                                                              Trp Gly Gln Cys Gly Gly Asn Gly Tyr Ser Gly Pro Thr Thr Cys Ala Glu           Gly - Thr                                                                     Cys Lys Lys Gln Asn Asp Trp Tyr Ser Gln Cys Thr Pro (SEQ ID NO:5);        A-9:                                                                              Trp Gly Gln Cys Gly Gly Gln Gly Trp Gln Gly Pro Thr Cys Cys Ser Gln           Gly - Thr                                                                     Cys Arg Ala Gln Asn Gln Trp Tyr Ser Gln Cys Leu Asn (SEQ ID NO:6);        A-11:                                                                             Trp Gly Gln Cys Gly Gly Gln Gly Tyr Ser Gly Cys Thr Asn Cys Glu Ala           Gly Ser                                                                       Thr Cys Arg Gln Gln Asn Ala Tyr Tyr Ser Gln Cys Ile (SEQ ID NO:7);        A-19:                                                                             Trp Gly Gln Cys Gly Gly Gln Gly Tyr Ser Gly Cys Arg Asn Cys Glu Ser           Gly Ser                                                                       Thr Cys Arg Ala Gln Asn Asp Trp Tyr Ser Gln Cys Leu (SEQ ID NO:8);            and                                                                       ˜43 kD:                                                                     Trp Ala Gln Cys Gly Gly Asn Gly Trp Ser Gly Cys Thr Thr Cys Val Ala           Gly                                                                           Ser Thr Cys Thr Lys Ile Asn Asp Trp Tyr His Gln Cys Leu (SEQ ID           __________________________________________________________________________        NO:9).                                                                

The deduced amino acid sequences obtained for the B region were asfollows

    __________________________________________________________________________    A1: Ala Arg Thr Asn Val Gly Gly Gly Ser Thr Gly Gly Gly Asn Asn Gly Gly           Gly Asn Asn                                                                   Gly Gly Asn Pro Gly Gly Asn Pro Gly Gly Asn Pro Gly Gly Asn Pro Gly           Gly Asn Pro Gly                                                               Gly Asn Pro Gly Gly Asn Cys Ser Pro Leu (SEQ ID NO: 12);                  A5: Pro Gly Gly Asn Asn Asn Asn Pro Pro Pro Ala Thr Thr Ser Gln Trp Thr           Pro Pro Pro                                                                   Ala Gln Thr Ser Ser Asn Pro Pro Pro Thr Gly Gly Gly Gly Gly Asn Thr           Leu His Glu Lys                                                               (SEQ ID NO:13);                                                           A8: Gly Gly Ser Asn Asn Gly Gly Gly Asn Asn Asn Gly Gly Gly Asn Asn Asn           Gly Gly                                                                       Gly Gly Asn Asn Asn Gly Gly Gly Asn Asn Asn Gly Gly Gly Asn Thr Gly           Gly Gly Ser Ala                                                               Pro Leu (SEQ ID NO:14);                                                   A11:                                                                              Val Phe Thr Cys Ser Gly Asn Ser Gly Gly Gly Ser Asn Pro Ser Asn Pro           Asn Pro Pro                                                                   Thr Pro Thr Thr Phe Ile Thr Gln Val Pro Asn Pro Thr Pro Val Ser Pro           Pro Thr Cys Thr Val                                                           Ala Lys (SEQ ID NO:15);                                                   A19:                                                                              Pro Ala Leu Trp Pro Asn Asn Asn Pro Gln Gln Gly Asn Pro Asn Gln Gly           Gly Asn                                                                       Asn Gly Gly Gly Asn Gln Gly Gly Gly Asn Gly Gly Cys Thr Val Pro Lys           (SEQ ID NO: 16);                                                          CBH2:                                                                             Pro Gly Ser Gln Val Thr Thr Ser Thr Thr Ser Ser Ser Ser Thr Thr Ser           Arg Ala Thr                                                                   Ser Thr Thr Ser Ala Gly Gly Val Thr Ser Ile Thr Thr Ser Pro Thr Arg           Thr Val Thr Ile Pro                                                           Gly Gly Ala Ser Thr Thr Ala Ser Tyr Asn (SEQ ID NO: 17);                  A9: Glu Ser Gly Gly Gly Asn Thr Asn Pro Thr Asn Pro Thr Asn Pro Thr Asn           Pro Thr Asn                                                                   Pro Thr Asn Pro Trp Asn Pro Gly Asn Pro Thr Asn Pro Gly Asn Pro Gly           Gly Gly Asn Gly                                                               Gly Asn Gly Gly Asn Cys Ser Pro Leu (SEQ ID NO:18); or                        Pro Ala Val Gln Ile Pro Ser Ser Ser Thr Ser Ser Pro Val Asn Gln Pro           Thr Ser Thr Ser Thr                                                           Thr Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr Ser Ser Pro Pro Val Gln Pro Thr Thr Pro Ser           Gly Cys Thr Ala Glu                                                           Arg (SEQ ID NO:19).                                                       __________________________________________________________________________

EXAMPLE 2 Expression in A. oryzae of a CBH 2-type Cellulase from H.insolens

The complete sequence of one of the CBD clones shows a strikingsimilarity to a cellobiohydrolase (CBH 2) from T. reesei.

The construction of the expression vector pSX224 carrying the H.insolens CBH 2 gene for expression in and secretion from A. oryzae isoutlined in FIG. 1. The vector p777 containing the pUC 19 replicon andthe regulatory regions of the TAKA amylase promoter from A. oryzae andglucoamylase terminator from A. niger is described in EP 238 023. pSX217 is composed of the cloning vector pcDV1-pL1 (cf. Okayama and Berg,op. cit.) carrying the H. insolens CBH 2 gene on a 1.8 kb fragment. TheCBH 2 gene contains three restriction sites used in the construction: ABalI site at the initiating methionine codon in the signal sequence, aBstBI site 620 bp downstream from the BalI site and an AvaII site 860 bpdownstream from the BstBI site. The AvaII site is located in thenon-translated C-terminal part of the gene upstream of the poly Aregion, which is not wanted in the final construction. Nor is the poly Gregion upstream of the gene in the cloning vector. This region isexcised and replaced by an oligonucleotide linker which places thetranslational start codon close to the BamHI site at the end of the TAKApromoter.

The expression vector pSX 224 was transformed into A. oryzae IFO 4177using the amdS gene from A. nidulans as the selective marker asdescribed in EP 238 023. Transformants were grown in YPD medium (Shermanet al., Methods in Yeast Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1981)for 3-4 days and analysed for new protein species in the supernatant bysodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The CBH 2from H. insolens formed a band with an apparent Mw of 65 kD indicating asubstantial glycosylation of the protein chain, which is calculated tohave a Mw of 51 kD on the basis of the amino acid composition. Theintact enzyme binds well to cellulose, while enzymatic degradationproducts of 55 kD and 40 kD do not bind, indicating removal of theA-region and possibly the B-region. The enzyme has some activity towardsfilter paper, giving rise to release of glucose. As expected, it hasvery limited endoglucanase activity as measured on soluble cellulose inthe form of carboxy methyl cellulose.

EXAMPLE 3 Isolation of Fusarium Oxysporum Genomic DNA

A freeze-dried culture of Fusarium oxysporum was reconstituted withphosphate buffer, spotted 5 times on each of 5 FOX medium plates (6%yeast extract, 1.5% K₂ HPO₄, 0.75% MgSO₄ 7H₂ O, 22.5% glucose, 1.5%agar, pH 5.6) and incubated at 37° C. After 6 days of incubation thecolonies were scraped from the plates into 15 ml of 0.001% Tween-80which resulted in a thick and cloudy suspension.

Four 1-liter flasks, each containing 300 ml of liquid FOX medium, wereinoculated with 2 ml of the spore suspension and were incubated at 30°C. and 240 rpm. On the 4th day of incubation, the cultures were filteredthrough 4 layers of sterile gauze and washed with sterile water. Themycelia were dried on Whatman filter paper, frozen in liquid nitrogen,ground into a fine powder in a cold mortar and added to 75 ml of freshlysis buffer (10 mM Tris-Cl 7.4, 1% SDS, 50 mM EDTA, 100 μl DEPC). Thethoroughly mixed suspension was incubated in a 65° C. waterbath for 1hour and then spun for 10 minutes at 4000 rpm and 5° C. in a bench-topcentrifuge. The supernatant was decanted and EtOH precipitated. After 1hour on ice the solution was spun at 19,000 rpm for 20 minutes. Thesupernatant was decanted and isopropanol precipitated. Followingcentrifugation at 10,000 rpm for 10 minutes, the supernatant wasdecanted and the pellets allowed to dry.

One milliliter of TER solution (10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 1 mM EDTA, 100μg RNAse A) was added to each tube, and the tubes were stored at 4° C.for two days. The tubes were pooled and placed in a 65° C. waterbath for30 minutes to suspend non-dissolved DNA. The solution was extractedtwice with phenol/CHCl₃ /isoamyl alcohol, twice with CHCl₃ /isoamylalcohol and then ethanol precipitated. The pellet was allowed to settleand the EtOH was removed. 70% EtOH was added and the DNA storedovernight at -20° C. After decanting and drying, 1 ml of TER was addedand the DNA was dissolved by incubating the tubes at 65° C. for 1 hour.The preparation yielded 1.5 mg of genomic DNA.

Amplification, Cloning and Sequencing of DNA Amplified with DegeneratePrimers

To amplify DNA from C-family (according to the nomenclature of Henrissatet al. Gene 81 (1), 1989, pp. 83-96) cellulases using PCR (cf. U.S. Pat.No. 4,683,195 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,683,202) each "sense" oligonucleotidewas used in combination with each "antisense" oligonucleotide. Thus, thefollowing primer pair was used:

    ______________________________________                                               Primer 1                                                                             Primer 2                                                        ______________________________________                                               ZC3220 ZC3221                                                          ______________________________________                                         ZC3220: GCC AAC TAC GGT ACC GG(A/C/G/T) TA(C/T) TG(C/T) GA(C/T)               (A/G/T)(C/G)(A/G/C/T) CA(G/A) TG (SEQ ID NO:34)                               ZC3221: GCG TTG GCC TCT AGA AT(G/A) TCC AT(C/T) TC(A/G/C/T)                   (C/G/T)(A/T)(G/A) CA(G/A) CA (SEQ ID NO:35)                              

In the PCR reaction, 1 μg of Fusarium oxysporum genomic DNA was used asthe template. Ten times PCR buffer is 100mM Tris-HCl pH 8.3, 500 mM KCl,15 mM MgCl, 0.1% gelatin (Perkin-Elmer Cetus). The reactions containedthe following ingredients:

    ______________________________________                                        dH2O                35.75 μl                                               10X PCR buffer       5 μl                                                  template DNA         5 μl                                                  primer 1             2 μl (40 pmol)                                        primer 2             2 μl (40 pmol)                                        Taq polymerase       0.25 μl (1.25 U)                                      total               50 μl                                                  ______________________________________                                    

The PCR reactions were performed for 40 cycles under the followingconditions:

    ______________________________________                                                94° C.                                                                       1.5 min                                                                 45°                                                                          2.0 min                                                                 72°                                                                          2.0 min                                                         ______________________________________                                    

Five microliters of each reaction was analyzed by agarose gelelectrophoresis. The sizes of the DNA fragments were estimated from DNAmolecular weight markers. The reacton primed with ZC3220 and ZC3221,produced two DNA fragments of appropriate size to be candidates forfragments of C-family cellulases. The agarose sections containing thesetwo fragments were excised, and the DNA was electroeluted and digestedwith the restriction enzymes Kpnl and Zbal. The fragments were ligatedinto the vector pUC18 which had been cut with the same two restrictionenzymes. The ligations were transformed into E. coli and mini-prep DNAwas prepared from the resulting colonies. The DNA sequences of theseinserts were determined and revealed that two new C-family cellulaseshad been identified, one a new cellobiohydrolase and the other a newendoglucanase.

The PCR cloning strategy described above for the C-family cellulases wasapplied using other primers which encoded conserved cellulase sequenceswithin the known F-family cellulases (cf. Henrissat et al., op. cit.).The following primer pair was used for amplification of Fusarium genomicDNA.

    ______________________________________                                               Primer 1                                                                             Primer 2                                                        ______________________________________                                               ZC3226 ZC3227                                                          ______________________________________                                         ZC3226: TCC TGA CGC CAA GCT TT(A/G/T) (C/T)(A/T)(A/T) (A/C/T)AA (C/T)GA       (C/T)TA (C/T)AA (SEQ ID NO:36)                                                ZC3227: CAC CGG CAC CAT CGA T(G/A/)T C(A/C/G/T)A (G/A)(C/T)T C(A/G/C/T)G      T(A/G/T)A T (SEQ ID NO:37)                                               

The PCR reactions were performed for 40 cycles as follows:

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The 180 bp band was eluted from an agarose gel fragment, digested withthe restriction enzymes Hind III and Cla I and ligated into pUC19 whichhad been digested with Hind III and AccI. The ligated DNA wastransformed into E. coli and mini-prep DNA was prepared from colonyisolates. The DNA sequence of the cloned DNA was determined. Thisfragment encoded sequences corresponding to a new member of the F-familycellulases.

Construction of a Fusarium oxysporum cDNA Library

Fusarium oxysporum was grown by fermentation and samples were withdrawnat various times for RNA extraction and cellulase activity analysis. Theactivity analysis included an assay for total cellulase activity as wellas one for colour clarification. Fusarium oxysporum samplesdemonstrating maximal colour clarification were extracted for total RNAfrom which poly(A)+RNA was isolated.

To construct a Fusarium oxysporum cDNA library, first-strand cDNA wassynthesized in two reactions, one with and the other withoutradiolabelled dATP. A 2.5× reaction mixture was prepared at roomtemperature by mixing the following reagents in the following order: 10μl of 5× reverse transcriptase buffer (Gibco-BRL, Gaithersburg,Maryland) 2.5 μl 200 mM dithiothreitol (made fresh or from a stocksolution stored at -70° C.), and 2.5 μl of a mixture containing 10 mM ofeach deoxynucleotide triphosphate, (dATP, dGTP, dTTP and 5-methyl dCTP,obtained from Pharmacia LKB Biotechnology, Alameda, Calif.). Thereaction mixture was divided into each of two tubes of 7.5 μl. 1.3 μl of10 μCi/μl ³² P α-dATP (Amersham, Arlington Heights, Ill.) was added toone tube and 1.3 μl of water to the other. Seven microliters of eachmixture was transferred to final reaction tubes. In a separate tube, 5μg of Fusarium oxysporum poly (A)+RNA in 14 μl of 5 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4,50 μM EDTA was mixed with 2 μl of 1 μg/μl first strand primer(ZC2938GACAGAGCACAGAATTCACTAGTGAGCTCT₁₅ (SEQ ID NO:38)). The RNA-primermixture was heated at 65° C. for 4 minutes, chilled in ice water, andcentrifuged briefly in a microfuge. Eight microliters of the RNA-primermixture was added to the final reaction tubes. Five microliters of 200U/μl Superscript™ reverse transcriptase (Gibco-BRL) was added to eachtube. After gentle agitation, the tubes were incubated at 45° C. for 30minutes. Eighty microliters of 10 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 1 mM EDTA wasadded to each tube, the samples were vortexed, and briefly centrifuged.Three microliters was removed from each tube to determine countsincorporated by TCA precipitation and the total counts in the reaction.A 2 μl sample from each tube was analyzed by gel electrophoresis. Theremainder of each sample was ethanol precipitated in the presence ofoyster glycogen. The nucleic acids were pelleted by centrifugation, andthe pellets were washed with 80% ethanol. Following the ethanol wash,the samples were air dried for 10 minutes. The first strand synthesisyielded 1.6 μg of Fusarium oxysporum cDNA, a 33% conversion ofpoly(A)+RNA into DNA.

Second strand cDNA synthesis was performed on the RNA-DNA hybrid fromthe first strand reactions under conditions which encouraged firststrand priming of second strand synthesis resulting in hairpin DNA. Thefirst strand products from each of the two first strand reactions wereresuspended in 71 μl of water. The following reagents were added, atroom temperature, to the reaction tubes: 20 μl of 5× second strandbuffer (100 mM Tris pH 7.4, 450 mM KCl, 23 mM MgCl₂, and 50 mM (NH₄)₂(SO₄), 3 μl of 5 mM β-NAD, and μl of a deoxynucleotide triphosphatemixture with each at 10 mM. One microliter of α-³² P dATP was added tothe reaction mixture which received unlabeled dATP for the first strandsynthesis while the tube which received labeled dATP for first strandsynthesis received 1 μl of water. Each tube then received 0.6 μl of 7U/μl E. coli DNA ligase (Boehringer-Mannheim, Indianapolis, Ind.), 3.1μl of 8 U/μl E. coli DNA polymerase I (Amersham), and 1 μl 2 U/μl ofRNase H (Gibco-BRL). The reactions were incubated at 16° C. for 2 hours.After incubation, 21 μl from each reaction was used to determine TCAprecipitable counts and total counts in the reaction, and 2 μl from eachreaction was analyzed by gel electrophoresis. To the remainder of eachsample, 2 μl of 2.5 μg/μl oyster glycogen, 5 μl of 0.5 EDTA and 200 μlof 10 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 1 mM EDTA were added. The samples werephenol-chloroform extracted and isopropanol precipitated. Aftercentrifugation the pellets were washed with 100 μl of 80% ethanol andair dried. The yield of double stranded cDNA in each of the reactionswas approximately 2.5 μg.

Mung bean nuclease treatment was used to clip the single-stranded DNA ofthe hair-pin. Each cDNA pellet was resuspended in 15 μl of water and 2.5μl of 10× mung bean buffer (0.3M NaAc pH 4.6, 3M NaCl, and 10 mM ZnSO₄),2.5 μl of 10 mM DTT, 2.5 μl of 50% glycerol, and 2.5 μl of 10 U/μl mungbean nuclease (New England Biolabs, Beverly, Mass.) were added to eachtube. The reactions were incubated at 30° C. for 30 minutes and 75 μl of10 mM Tris-HCI pH 7.4 and 1 mM EDTA was added to each tube.Two-microliter aliquots were analyzed by alkaline agarose gel analysis.One hundred microliters of 1M Tris-HCl pH 7.4 was added to each tube andthe samples were phenol-chloroform extracted twice. The DNA wasisopropanol precipitated and pelleted by centrifugation. Aftercentrifugation, the DNA pellet was washed with 80% ethanol and airdried. The yield was approximately 2 μg of DNA from each of the tworeactions.

The cDNA ends were blunted by treatment with T4 DNA polymerase. DNA fromthe two samples were combined after resuspension in a total volume of 24μl of water. Four microliters of 10× T4 buffer (330 mM Tris-acetate pH7.9, 670 mM KAc, 100 mM MgAc, and 1 mg/ml gelatin), 4 μl of 1 mM dNTP, 4μl 50 mM DTT, and 4 μl of 1 U/μl T4 DNA polymerase (Boehringer-Mannheim)were added to the DNA. The samples were incubated at 15° C. for 1 hour.After incubation, 160 μl of 10 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 1 mM EDTA was added,and the sample was phenol-chloroform extracted. The DNA was isopropanolprecipitated and pelleted by centrifugation. After centrifugation theDNA was washed with 80% ethanol and air dried.

After resuspension of the DNA in 6.5 μl water, Eco RI adapters wereadded to the blunted DNA. One microliter of 1 μg/μl Eco RI adapter(Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif. Cat. # N409-20), 1 μl of 10× ligasebuffer (0.5M Tris pH 7.8 and 50 mM MgCl₂), 0.5 μl of 10 mM ATP, 0.5 μlof 100 mM DTT, and 1 μl of 1 U/μl T4 DNA ligase (Boehringer-Mannheim)were added to the DNA. After the sample was incubated overnight at roomtemperature, the ligase was heat denatured at 65° C. for 15 minutes.

The Sst I cloning site encoded by the first strand primer was exposed bydigestion with Sst I endonuclease. Thirty-three microliters of water, 5μl of 10× Sst I buffer (0.5M Tris pH 8.0, 0.1M MgCl₂, and 0.5M NaCi),and 2 μl of 5 U/μl Sst I were added to the DNA, and the samples wereincubated at 37° C. for 2 hours. One hundred and fifty microliters of 10mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 1 mM EDTA was added, the sample wasphenol-chloroform extracted, and the DNA was isopropanol precipitated.

The cDNA was chromatographed on a Sepharose CL 2B (Pharmacia LKBBiotechnology) column to size-select the cDNA and to remove freeadapters. A 1.1 ml column of Sepharose CL 2B was poured into a 1 mlplastic disposable pipet and the column was washed with 50 columnvolumes of buffer (10 mM Tris pH 7.4 and 1 mM EDTA). The sample wasapplied, one-drop fractions were collected, and the DNA in the voidvolume was pooled. The fractionated DNA was isopropanol precipitated.After centrifugation the DNA was washed with 80% ethanol and air dried.

A Fusarium oxysporum cDNA library was established by ligating the cDNAto the vector pYcDE8' (cf. WO 90/10698) which had been digested with EcoRI and Sst I. Three hundred and ninety nanograms of vector was ligatedto 400 ng of cDNA in a 80 μl ligation reaction containing 8 μl of10×ligase buffer, 4 μl of 10 mM ATP, 4 μl 200 mM DTT, and 1 unit of T4DNA ligase (Boehringer-Mannheim. After overnight incubation at roomtemperature, 5 μg of oyster glycogen and 120 μl of 10 mM Tris-HCl and 1mM EDTA were added and the sample was phenol-chloroform extracted. TheDNA was ethanol precipitated, centrifuged, and the DNA pellet washedwith 80% ethanol. After air drying, the DNA was resuspended in 3 μl ofwater. Thirty seven microliters of electroporation competent DH10B cells(Gibco-BRL) was added to the DNA, and electroporation was completed witha Bio-Rad Gene Pulser (Model #1652076) and Bio-Rad Pulse Controller(Model #1652098) electroporation unit (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Richmond,Calif.). Four milliliters of SOC (Hanahan, J. Mol. Biol. 166 (1983),557-580) was added to the electroporated cells, and 400 μl of the cellsuspension was spread on each of ten 150 mm LB amipicillin plates. Afteran overnight incubation, 10 ml of LB amp media was added to each plate,and the cells were scraped into the media. Clycerol stocks and plasmidpreparations were made from each plate. The library background (vectorwithout insert) was established at aproximately 1% by ligating thevector without insert and titering the number of clones afterelectroporation.

Screening the cDNA Library

Full length cellulase cDNA clones were isolated from the Fusariumoxysporum cDNA library by hybridization to PCR generated genomicoligonucleotide probes.

The PCR-generated oligonucleotides: ZC3309, a 40-mer coding for part ofthe C family cellobiohydrolase, ATT ACC AAC ACC AGC GTT GAC ATC ACT GTCAGA GGG CTT C; ZC3310 (SEQ ID NO:39), a 28-mer coding for the C familyendoglucanase, AAC TCC GTT GAT GAA AGG AGT GAC GTA G (SEQ ID NO:40); andZC3311, a 40-mer coding for the F family cellulase, CGG AGA GCA GCA GGAACA CCA GAG GCA GGG TTC CAG CCA C (SEQ ID NO:41), were end labeled withT₄ polynucleotide kinase and ³² P gamma ATP. For the kinase reaction 17picomoles of each oligonucleotide were brought up to 12.5 μl volume withdeionized water. To these were added 2 μl 10× kinase buffer (1×: 10 mMmagnesium chloride, 0.1 mM EDTA, 50 mM Tris pH 7.8), 0.5 μl 200 mMdithiothreitol, 1 μl ³² P gamma ATP 150 mCi/ml, Amersham), 2 μl T₄polynucleotide kinase (10 U/μl BRL). The samples were then mixed andincubated at 37° C. for 30 minutes.

Oligonucleotides were separated from unincorporated nucleotides byprecipitation with 180 μl TE (10 mM tris pH 8.0, 1 mM EDTA), 100 μl 7.5Mammonium acetate, 2 μl mussel glycogen (20 mg/ml, Gibco-BRL) and 750 μl100% ethanol. Pellets were dissolved in 200 μl distilled water. Todetermine the amount of radioactivity incorporated in theoligonucleotides, 10 μl of 1: 1000 dilutions of oligonucleotides wereread without scintillation fluid in a Beckman LS 1800 LiquidScintillation System. Activities were: 115 million cpm for ZC3309, 86million cpm for ZC33 10, and 79 million cpm for ZC3311.

Initially, a library of 20,000 cDNA clones was probed with a mixture ofeach of the three oligonucleotides corresponding to the C familycellobiohydrolase, C family endoglucanase and F family cellulase clones.The cDNA library was plated out from titered glycerol stocks stored at-70° C. Four thousand clones were plated out on each of five 150 mm LBampicillin (1000 μg/ml) plates. Lifts were taken in duplicate followingstandard methodology Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning, 1989) usingBiotrans 0.2 μm 137 mm filters. The filters were baked at 80° C. invacuum for 2 hours, then swirled overnight in a crystallizing dish(Pharmacia LKB Biotechnology, Alameda, Calif.) at 37° C. in 80 mlprehybridization solution (5×Denhardt's (1×: 0.02% Ficoll, 0.02%polyvinylpyrrolidone, 0.02% bovine serum albumen Pentax Fraction 5(Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.)) 5×SSC (1×:0.15M sodium chloride, 0.15M sodiumcitrate pH 7.3)), 100 μl denatured sonicated salmon sperm DNA, 50 mMsodium phosphate pH 6.8, 1 mM sodium pyrophosphate, 100 μM ATP, 20%formamide, 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate) (Ulrich et al. EMBO J. 3 (1984),361-364).

Prehybridized filters were probed by adding them one at a time into acrystallizing dish with 80 ml prehybridization solution with 80 millioncpm ZC3309, 86 million cmp ZC3310 and 79 million cpm ZC3311 and thenswirled overnight at 37° C. Filters were then washed to high stringency.The probed filters were washed with three 400 ml volumes of lowstringency wash solution (2×SSC, 0.1% SDS) at room temperature in thecrystallizing dish, then with four 1-liter volumes in a plastic box. Afurther wash for 20 minutes at 68° C. with tetramethylammonium chloridewash solution (TMACL: 3M tetramethylammonium chloride, 50 mM Tris-HCl pH8.0, 2 mM EDTA, 1 g/l SDS) (Wood et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 82, pp.1585-88 (1985)) provided a high stringency wash for the 28-mer ZC3310independent of its base composition 1585-1588). The filters were thenblotted dry, mounted on Whatman 3MM paper and covered with plastic wrapfor autoradiography. They were exposed overnight at -70° C. withintensifying screens and Kodak XAR-5 film.

Two putative positives appeared on duplicate filters. The correspondingareas on the plates with colonies were picked into 1 ml of 1× polymerasechain reaction (PCR) buffer (100 mM Tris HCl pH 8.3, 500 mM KCl, 15 mMMgCl, 0.1% gelatin; Perkin Elmer Cetus) and plated out at five tenfolddilutions on 100 mm LB plates with 70 μg/ml ampicillin. These plateswere grown at 37° C. overnight. Two dilutions of each putative clonewere chosen for rescreening as outlined above. One isolated clone,pZFH196 was found. This was grown up overnight in 10 ml 2× YT broth (perliter: 16 g bacto-tryptone, 10 g bacto-yeast extract, 10 g NaCl). Twentythree micrograms of DNA were purfified by the rapid boiling method(Holmes and Quigley, Anal. Biochem. 114 (1981), 193-197). Fromrestriction analysis the clone was found to be approximately 2,000 basepairs in length. Sequence analysis showed it to contain a fragmenthomologous to the C family cellobiohydrolase fragment cloned by PCR.

In an attempt to isolate additional cellulase cDNA clones, a cDNAlibrary of 2 million clones was plated out on 20 150 mm LB plates (100μl ampicillin) containing approximately 100,000 cDNA clones. Lifts weretaken in duplicate as in the first screening attempt. This library wasscreened with oligonucleotides corresponding to the three cellulasespecies as described above except that the hybridization was carried outwith formamide in the prehybridization buffer and at a temperature of30° C. Washing with TMACL was carried out twice for 20 minutes at 67° C.Between 8 and 20 signals were found on duplicate filters of each of the20 plates. Fifteen plugs were taken from the first plate with the largeend of a pasteur pipet into 1 ml 1× PCR buffer (Perkin-Elmer Cetus). PCRwas carried out on the bacterial plugs with three separateoligonucleotide mixtures. Each mixture contained the vector specificoligonucleotide ZC2847 and additionally, a different cellulase specificoligonucleotide (ZC3309, ZC33 10 or ZC33 11) within each mixture.Amplitaq polymerase (Perkin-Elmer Cetus) was used with PharmaciaUltrapure dNTP and following Perkin Elmer Cetus procedures. Sixteenpicomoles of each primer were used in 40 μl reaction volumes. Twentymicroliters of cells in 1×PCR buffer were added to 20 μl mastermix whichcontained everything needed for PCR except for DNA. After an initial 1minute 45 second denaturation at 94° C. 28 cycles of: 45 seconds at 94°C., 1 minute at 45° C. and 2 minutes at 72° C. with a final extension of10 minutes at 72° C. were employed in a Perkin Elmer thermocycler. Tenof the 15 plugs yielded a band when primed with the C family specificoligonucleotide ZC3309 and ZC2847. The other mixtures gave no specificproducts. Five plugs which produced the largest bands by PCR, thereforepossibly being full length C family cellobiohydrolases, along with the 5plugs which did not produce PCR bands, were plated out at five 10 folddilutions onto 100 mm LB plates with 70 μg/ml ampicillin and grownovernight. Duplicate lifts were taken of two ten fold dilutions each.Prehybridization and hybridization were carried out as described abovewith a mixture of the 3 oligonucleotides. Isolated clones were found onall 10 of the platings. These were picked from the dilution plates witha toothpick for single colony isolation on 100 mm LB plates with 70μg/ml ampicillin. PCR was carried out on isolated bacterial colonieswith 2 oligonucleotides specific for the C family cellobiohydrolase(ZC3409 (CCG TTC TGG ACG TAC AGA (SEQ ID NO:50)) and ZC3411 (TGA TGT CAAGTT CAT CAA (SEQ ID NO:52))). Conditions were identical to thosedescribed above except for using 10 picomoles of each primer in 25 μlreaction volumes. Colonies were added by toothpick into PCR tubes with25 μl mastermix before cycling. Five of the 10 gave strong bands of thesize expected for a C family cellobiohydrolase. Isolated colonies werethen grown up in 20 ml of Terrific Broth (Sambrook et al., op. cit., A2)and DNA was isolated by the rapid boiling method. The clones werepartially sequenced by Sanger dideoxy sequencing. From sequence analysisthe 5 clones which did not give bands specific for a C familycellobiohydrolase by PCR were shown to be F family cellulase clones.

In order to clone the C family endoglucanase, the cDNA library of 2million clones was rescreened with only ZC3310. Conditions ofprehybridization and hybridization were like those used above. Filterswere hybridized for 10 hours at 30° C. with one million CPM endlabeledZC3310 per ml prehybridization solution without formamide. Washing withTMACL was carried out 2 times for 20 minutes at 60° C. Seven weaksignals were found on duplicate filters. Plugs were picked with thelarge end of a pipet into 1 ml LB broth. These were each plated out in5-10 fold dilutions on 100 mm LB plates with 70 μg/ml ampicillin.Duplicate lifts were taken of 2 dilutions each and were processed asdescribed above. Prehybridization, hybridization, and washing werecarried out as for the first level of screening. Three isolated cloneswere identified and streaked out for single colony hybridization.Isolates were grown overnight in 50 ml of Terrific Broth (per liter: 12g tryptone, 24 g yeast extract, 4 ml glycerol, autoclaved, and 100 ml of0.17M KH₂ PO₄, 0.72M K₂ HPO₄ (Sambrook et al., op. cit., A2) and DNA wasisolated by alkaline lysis and PEG precipitation by standard methods(Maniatis 1989, 1.38-1.41). From restriction analysis, one clone(pZFH223) was longer than the others and was chosen for completesequencing. Sequence analysis showed it to contain the PCR fragmentcloned initially.

DNA Sequence Analysis

The cDNAs were sequenced in the yeast expression vector pYCDE8'. Thedideoxy chain termination method (F. Sanger et al., Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci. USA 74, 1977, pp. 5463-5467) using @35-S dATP from New EnglandNuclear (cf. M. D. Biggin et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 80, 1983,pp. 3963-3965) was used for all sequencing reactions. The reactions werecatalysed by modified t7 DNA polymerase from Pharmacia (cf. S. Tabor andC. C. Richardson, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84, 1987, pp. 4767-4771)and were primed with an oligonucleotide complementary to the ADH1promoter (ZC996: ATT GTT CTC GTT CCC TTT CTT (SEQ ID NO:42)),complementary to the CYC1 terminator (ZC3635: TGT ACG CAT GTA ACA TTA(SEQ ID NO:43)) or with oligonucleotides complementary to the DNA ofinterest. Double stranded templates were denatured with NaOH (E. Y. Chenand P. H. Seeburg, DNA 4, 1985, pp. 165-170) prior to hybridizing with asequencing oligonucleotide. Oligonucleotides were synthesized on anApplied Biosystems Model 380A DNA synthesizer. The oligonucleotides usedfor the sequencing reactions are listed in the sequencingoligonucleotide table below:

    __________________________________________________________________________    C-family cellobiohydrolase sequencing primers                                 ZC3411                                                                            TGA TGT CAA GTT CAT CAA (SEQ ID NO:44)                                    ZC3408                                                                            TCT GTA CGT CCA GAA CGG (SEQ ID NO:45)                                    ZC3407                                                                            ATG ACT TCT CTA AGA AGG (SEQ ID NO:46)                                    ZC3406                                                                            TCC AAC ATC AAG TTC GGT (SEQ ID NO:47)                                    ZC3410                                                                            AGG CCA ACT CCA TCT GAA (SEQ ID NO:48)                                    ZC3309                                                                            ATT ACC AAC ACC AGC GTT GAC ATC ACT GTC AGA GGG CTC C                         (SEQ ID NO:49)                                                            ZC3409                                                                            CCG TTC TGG ACG TAC AGA (SEQ ID NO:50)                                    F-family cellulase specific sequencing primers                                ZC3413                                                                            CCA TCG ACG GTA TTG GAT (SEQ ID NO:51)                                    ZC3311                                                                            CGG AGA GCA GCA GGA ACA CCA GAG GCA GGG TTC CAG CCA                           C (SEQ ID NO:52)                                                          ZC3412                                                                            GAG GGT AGA GCG ATC GTT (SEQ ID NO:53)                                    C-family endoglucanase specific sequencing primers                            ZC3739                                                                            TGA TCT CAT CGA GCT GCA CC (SEQ ID NO:54)                                 ZC3684                                                                            GTG ATG CTC AGT GCT ACG TC (SEQ ID NO:55)                                 ZC3310                                                                            AAC TCC GTT GAT GAA AGG AGT GAC GTA G (SEQ ID NO:56)                      ZC3750                                                                            TCC AAT AGC TTC CCA GCA AG (SEQ ID NO:57)                                 ZC3683                                                                            TGT CCC TTG ATG TTG CCA AC (SEQ ID NO:58)                                 __________________________________________________________________________

The DNA sequences of the full-length cDNA clones, as well as the derivedamino acid sequences, are shown in the appended FIGS. 11 (C-familycellobiohydrolase), 12 (F-family cellulase) and 13 (C-familyendoglucanase), corresponding to SEQ ID NOS:20, 22 and 24, respectively.

EXAMPLE 4 Isolation of Endoglucanase EGI Gene from H. insolens

The cDNA library described in example 1 was also screened with a 35 bpoligonucleotide probe in the antisense configuration with the sequence:NOR-770: 5' GCTTCGCCCATGCCTTGGGTGGCGCCGAGTTCCAT 3' (SEQ ID NO:59)

The sequence was derived from the amino acid sequence of an alcalasefragment of EGI purified from H. insolens, using our knowledge of codonbias in this organism. Complete clones of 1.6 kb contained the entirecoding sequence of 1.3 kb as shown in FIG. 14A-E (SEQ ID NO:26). Theprobe sequence NOR-770 is located at Met₃₄₄ -Ala₃₅₅.

Construction of Expression Plasmids of EGI (full length) and EGI'(truncated)

The EGI gene still containing the poly-A tail was inserted into an A.oryzae expression plasmid as outlined in FIG. 2. The coding region ofEGI was cut out from the NcoI-site in the initiating Met-codon to theBarmH1-sit e downstream of the poly-A region as a 1450 bp fragment frompHW480. This was ligated to a 3.6 kb NcoI-Narl fragment from pSX224(FIG. 1) containing the TAKA promoter and most of pUC19, and to a 960 bpNarI-BamHI fragment containing the remaining part with theAMG-terminator. The 960 bp fragment was taken from p960 which isequivalent to p777 (described in EP 238,023) except for the insertedgene. The resulting expression plasmid is termed pHW485.

The expression plasmid pHW704 with the full length EGI gene without polyA tail is shown in FIG. 3. From the BstEaII site 1300 bp downstream ofthe NcoI-site was inserted a 102 bp BstEII-BamHI linker (2645/2646)ligated to Bg1II-site in the vector. The linker contains the codingregion downstream of BstEII-site with 2 stop codons at the end and aPvuI-sit e near the C-terminal to be used for addition of CBD andB-regions.

Expression plasmid pHW697 with the truncated EGI' gene was constructedsimilarly using a BstEII-BamHI linker (2492/2493) of 69 bp. In thislinker we introduced a Pst1-site altering Val₄₂₁ to Leu₄₂₁ and the last13 amino acids of the coding region: K₄₂₃ PKPKPGHGPRSD₄₃₅ wereeliminated. The short tail with the rather unusual sequence was cut offto give EGI' a C-terminal corresponding to the one found in T. reeseiEGI just upstream of the A and B-region.

Construction of an Expression Plasmid of EGI' with CBD and B region froma ˜43 kD Endoglucanase added C-terminally

The ˜43 kD endoglucanase of H. insolens described in DK patentapplication No. 736/91 has shown good washing performance. Besides thecatalytic domain, 43 kD cellulase has a C-terminal CBD and B regionwhich has been transferred to EGI' which does not have any CBD or Bregion itself. The construction was done in 2 steps, as outlined in FIG.4. The PstI-HincII linker (028/030 M) intended to connect the C-terminalof EGI' to the B-region of 43 kD cellulase, was subcloned in pUC19PstI-EcoRI with C-terminal Hinc2-EcoRI 100 bp fragment from 43 kDcellulase gene in pSX320 (FIG. 5; as described in DK 736/91). From thesubclone pHW767 the CBD and B-region was cut out as a 250 bp PstI-Bg1IIfragment and ligated to pHW485 (FIG. 2) BstEII-Bg1II fragment of 5.7 kband to the remaining BstEII-PstI fragment of 55 bp from pHW697 (FIG. 3).The resulting expression plasmid pHW768 has the ˜43 kD endoglucanase CBDand B region added to Gln₄₂₂ of EGI'.

Construction of an Expression Plasmid of EGI with the CBD and B regionfrom ˜43 kD Endoglucanase added C-terminally

This plasmid was constructed in a similar way as pHW768 except that, inthis case, the C-terminal linker yielded the complete sequence of EGI.FIG. 6 shows the procedure in 3 steps. The PvuI-HincII linker (040 M/041M) was subcloned in pUC18 to give pHW775, into which a HincII-EcoRI 1000bp fragment from pSX 320 (FIG. 5) was inserted to give pHW776. From thisthe CBD and B region was cut out as a 250 bp PvuI-Bg1II fragment andligated to 5.7 kb BstEII-Bg1II fragment from pHW485 (FIG. 2) and 90 bpBstEII-Pvul fragment from pHW704 (FIG. 3). The resulting expressionplasmid pHW777 contains the ˜43 kD endoglucanase CBD and B region addedto Asp₄₃₅ in the complete EGI sequence.

Expression in A. oryzae of EGI and EGI' with and without the CBD and Bregion from ˜43 kD endoglucanase

The expression plasmids pHW485, pHW704, pHW697, pHW768 and pHW777 weretransformed into A. oryzae IFO 4177 as described in example 2.Supernatants from transformants grown in YPD medium as described wereanalyzed by SDS-PAGE, where the native EGI has an apparent Mw of 53 kD.EGI' looks slightly smaller as expected, and the species with the addedCBD and B region are increased in molecular weight corresponding to thesize of the CBD and B region with some carbohydrate added. A polyclonalantibody AS169 raised against the ˜43 kD endoglucanase recognizes EGIand EGI' only when the ˜43 kD CBD and B region are added, while all 4species are recognized by a polyclonal antibody AS78 raised against acellulase preparation from H. insolens. All 4 species have endoglucanaseactivity as measured on soluble cellulose in the form of carboxy methylcellulose. ##STR6##

EXAMPLE 5 ˜43 kD Endoglucanase with Different CBDs and B-regions:

In order to test the influence on the ˜43 kD endoglucanase of thedifferent CBDs and B regions from the A region clones we havesubstituted the original CBD and B region from ˜43 kD with the otherC-terminal CBDs and B regions, i.e. A-1, A-8, A-9, A-11, and A-19 (cf.Example 1). In order to test the concept we have also made aconstruction where the 43 kD B region has been deleted.

Fragments:

All fragments were made by PCR amplification using a Perkin-Elmer/CetusDNA Amplification System following the manufacturers instructions.

1) A PCR fragment was made which covers the DNA from 56 bp upstream ofthe Bam HI site on pSX 320 (FIG. 5) to 717 bp within the coding regionof the ˜43 kD endoglucanase gene and at the same time introduces a Kpn Isite at pos. 708 and a Sma I site at pos. 702 in the coding region whichis at the very beginning of the B region. This PCR fragment was madewith the primers NOR 1542 and NOR 3010 (see list of oligonucleotidesbelow).

2) A PCR fragment was made which includes the CBD and B region of A-1introducing a Kpn I site at the very beginning of the B region in framewith the Kpn I site introduced in 1) and introducing a Xho I sitedownstream of the coding region of the gene. Primers used: NOR 3012upstream and NOR 3011 downstream.

3) As 2) except that the fragment covered the CBD and B region of A-8and the Xho I site in the expression vector downstream of gene. Primers:NOR 3017 and NOR 2516.

4) As 2) but with primers NOR 3016 and NOR 3015 covering the CBD and Bregion from A-9.

5) As 3) but with primers NOR 3021 and NOR 2516 covering the CBD and Bregion from A-11.

6) As 2) but with primers NOR 3032 and NOR 3022 covering the CBD and Bregion from A-19.

7) A PCR fragment which includes the CBD from ˜43 kD endoglucanase andthe Xho I site downstream from the gene on pSX 320 introducing a Pvu IIsite at the very end of the B region. Primers: NOR3023 and NOR2516.

Combinations:

1)+2) inserted as Bam HI-Kpn I and Kpn I-Xho I into pToC 68 (describedin DK736/91) Bam HI-Xho I, thus coding for the 43 kD core enzyme withthe CBD and B region from A-1.

1)+3): Like above giving a 43 kD enzyme with the A-8 CBD/B region.

1)+4): As above, but with the A-9 CBD and B region.

1)+5): As above, but with the A-11 CBD and B region.

1)+6): As above, but with the A-19 CBD and B region.

1)+7) inserted as Bam HI-Sma I and Pvu II-Xho I into pToC 68 Bam HI-XhoI, thus coding for the 43 kD enzyme without the B region. ##STR7##

EXAMPLE 6 Fusion of a Bacterial Catalytic Domain to a Fungal CBD

The endoglucanase Endo 1 produced by Bacillus lautus NCIMB 40250(described in PCT/DK91/00013) consists of a catalytic domain (core)(Ala(32)-Val(555)) and a C terminal cellulose binding domain (CBD)(Gln556-Pro700) homologous to the CBD of a B. subtilis endoglucanase (R.M. MacKay et al. 1986. Nucleic Acids Res. 14, 9159-70). The CBD isproteolytically cleaved off when the enzyme is expressed in B. subtilisor E. coli generating a CMC degrading core enzyme. In this example thiscore protein was fused with the B region and CBD of the ˜43 kDendoglucanase from Humicola insolens (described in DK 736/91).

Construction of the fusion.

The plasmid pCaHj 170 containing the cDNA gene encoding the ˜43 kDendoglucanase was constructed as shown in FIG. 7. pCaHj 170 was digestedwith Xho II and Sal I. The 223 bp Xho II-Sal I fragment was isolated andligated into pUC 19 (Yanisch-Perron et al. 1985. Gene 33, 103-119)digested with BamH I and Sal I. The BamH I site was regenerated by thisXho II-BamH I ligation. The resulting plasmid, IM 2, was digested withEco R1 and BamH I and ligated with the linker NOR 3045-NOR 3046:##STR8##

The resulting plasmid, IM 3, was digested with EcoR V and SacII andligated to the 445 bp Hinc II-Sac II pPL 517 fragment. pPL 517 containsthe entire Bacillus Endo 1 gene (PCT/DK91/00013). The product of thisligation was termed IM 4. In order to replace the Bacillus signalpeptide of Endo 1 with the fungal signal peptide from the 43 kdalendoglucanase four PCR primers were designed for "Splicing by OverlapExtension" (SOE) fusion (R. M. Horton et al.(1989):Gene, 77, 61-68). The43 kD signal sequence was amplified from the plasmid pCaHj 109 (DK736/91) introducing a Bcl I site in the 5' end and a 21 bp homology tothe Bacillus endo 1 gene in the 3' end using the 5' primer NOR 3270 andthe 3' primer NOR 3275. The part of the Endo I gene 5' to the unique SacII site was amplified using the 5' primer NOR 3276 introducing a 21 bphomology to the 43 kdal gene and the 3' primer NOR 3271 covering the SacII site. The two PCR fragments were mixed, melted, annealed and filledup with the taq polymerase (FIG. 9). The resulting hybrid was amplifiedusing the primers NOR 3270 and NOR 3271. The hybrid fragment wasdigested with Bcl 1 and SacII and ligated to the 676 bp Sac II-Sal Ifragment from IM 4 and the Aspergillus expression vector pToc 68 (DK736/91) digested with BamH I. The product of this ligation, pCaHj 180(FIG. 10), contained an open reading frame encoding the 43 kD signalpeptide and the first four N terminal aminoacids of the mature ˜43 kDendoglucanase (Met(1)-Arg(25) fused to the core of Endo 1(Ser(34)-Val(549)) followed by the peptide Ile-Ser-Glu (encoded by thelinker) fused to the 43 kD B region and CBD (Ile(233)-Leu(285). pCaHj180 was used to transform Aspergillus oryzae IFO 4177 using selection onacetamide by cotransformation with pToC 90 (cf. DK 736/91) as describedin published EP patent application No. 238 023. ##STR9##

The sequence of the Endo 1 core and the ˜43 kD CBD and B region is shownin the appended FIG. 15A-D.

    __________________________________________________________________________    SEQUENCE LISTING                                                              (1) GENERAL INFORMATION:                                                      (iii) NUMBER OF SEQUENCES: 85                                                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:1:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 33 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: YES                                                       (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Synthetic                                                       (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:1:                                       XaaXaaGlnCysGlyGlyXaaXaaXaaXaaGlyXaaXaaXaaCysXaa                              151015                                                                        XaaXaaXaaXaaCysXaaXaaXaaAsnXaaXaaTyrXaaGlnCysXaa                              202530                                                                        Xaa                                                                           (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:2:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 32 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:2:                                       TrpGlyGlnCysGlyGlyGlnGlyTrpAsnGlyProThrCysCysGlu                              151015                                                                        AlaGlyThrThrCysArgGlnGlnAsnGlnTrpTyrSerGlnCysLeu                              202530                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:3:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 32 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:3:                                       TrpGlyGlnCysGlyGlyIleGlyTrpAsnGlyProThrThrCysVal                              151015                                                                        SerGlyAlaThrCysThrLysIleAsnAspTrpTyrHisGlnCysLeu                              202530                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:4:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 32 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:4:                                       TrpGlyGlnCysGlyGlyIleGlyPheAsnGlyProThrCysCysGln                              151015                                                                        SerGlySerThrCysValLysGlnAsnAspTrpTyrSerGlnCysLeu                              202530                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:5:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 32 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:5:                                       TrpGlyGlnCysGlyGlyAsnGlyTyrSerGlyProThrThrCysAla                              151015                                                                        GluGlyThrCysLysLysGlnAsnAspTrpTyrSerGlnCysThrPro                              202530                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:6:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 32 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:6:                                       TrpGlyGlnCysGlyGlyGlnGlyTrpGlnGlyProThrCysCysSer                              151015                                                                        GlnGlyThrCysArgAlaGlnAsnGlnTrpTyrSerGlnCysLeuAsn                              202530                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:7:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 32 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:7:                                       TrpGlyGlnCysGlyGlyGlnGlyTyrSerGlyCysThrAsnCysGlu                              151015                                                                        AlaGlySerThrCysArgGlnGlnAsnAlaTyrTyrSerGlnCysIle                              202530                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:8:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 32 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:8:                                       TrpGlyGlnCysGlyGlyGlnGlyTyrSerGlyCysArgAsnCysGlu                              151015                                                                        SerGlySerThrCysArgAlaGlnAsnAspTrpTyrSerGlnCysLeu                              202530                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:9:                                              (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 32 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:9:                                       TrpAlaGlnCysGlyGlyAsnGlyTrpSerGlyCysThrThrCysVal                              151015                                                                        AlaGlySerThrCysThrLysIleAsnAspTrpTyrHisGlnCysLeu                              202530                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:10:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 32 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Fusarium oxysporum                                              (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:10:                                      TrpGlyGlnCysGlyGlyGlnAsnTyrSerGlyProThrThrCysLys                              151015                                                                        SerProPheThrCysLysLysIleAsnAspPheTyrSerGlnCysGln                              202530                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:11:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 32 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Fusarium oxysporum                                              (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:11:                                      TrpGlyGlnCysGlyGlyAsnGlyTrpThrGlyAlaThrThrCysAla                              151015                                                                        SerGlyLeuLysCysGluLysIleAsnAspTrpTyrTyrGlnCysVal                              202530                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:12:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 51 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:12:                                      AlaArgThrAsnValGlyGlyGlySerThrGlyGlyGlyAsnAsnGly                              151015                                                                        GlyGlyAsnAsnGlyGlyAsnProGlyGlyAsnProGlyGlyAsnPro                              202530                                                                        GlyGlyAsnProGlyGlyAsnProGlyGlyAsnProGlyGlyAsnCys                              354045                                                                        SerProLeu                                                                     50                                                                            (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:13:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 41 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:13:                                      ProGlyGlyAsnAsnAsnAsnProProProAlaThrThrSerGlnTrp                              151015                                                                        ThrProProProAlaGlnThrSerSerAsnProProProThrGlyGly                              202530                                                                        GlyGlyGlyAsnThrLeuHisGluLys                                                   3540                                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:14:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 42 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:14:                                      GlyGlySerAsnAsnGlyGlyGlyAsnAsnAsnGlyGlyGlyAsnAsn                              151015                                                                        AsnGlyGlyGlyGlyAsnAsnAsnGlyGlyGlyAsnAsnAsnGlyGly                              202530                                                                        GlyAsnThrGlyGlyGlySerAlaProLeu                                                3540                                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:15:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 44 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:15:                                      ValPheThrCysSerGlyAsnSerGlyGlyGlySerAsnProSerAsn                              151015                                                                        ProAsnProProThrProThrThrPheIleThrGlnValProAsnPro                              202530                                                                        ThrProValSerProProThrCysThrValAlaLys                                          3540                                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:16:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 36 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:16:                                      ProAlaLeuTrpProAsnAsnAsnProGlnGlnGlyAsnProAsnGln                              151015                                                                        GlyGlyAsnAsnGlyGlyGlyAsnGlnGlyGlyGlyAsnGlyGlyCys                              202530                                                                        ThrValProLys                                                                  35                                                                            (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:17:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 52 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:17:                                      ProGlySerGlnValThrThrSerThrThrSerSerSerSerThrThr                              151015                                                                        SerArgAlaThrSerThrThrSerAlaGlyGlyValThrSerIleThr                              202530                                                                        ThrSerProThrArgThrValThrIleProGlyGlyAlaSerThrThr                              354045                                                                        AlaSerTyrAsn                                                                  50                                                                            (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:18:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 50 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:18:                                      GluSerGlyGlyGlyAsnThrAsnProThrAsnProThrAsnProThr                              151015                                                                        AsnProThrAsnProThrAsnProTrpAsnProGlyAsnProThrAsn                              202530                                                                        ProGlyAsnProGlyGlyGlyAsnGlyGlyAsnGlyGlyAsnCysSer                              354045                                                                        ProLeu                                                                        50                                                                            (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:19:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 45 amino acids                                                    (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:19:                                      ProAlaValGlnIleProSerSerSerThrSerSerProValAsnGln                              151015                                                                        ProThrSerThrSerThrThrSerThrSerThrThrSerSerProPro                              202530                                                                        ValGlnProThrThrProSerGlyCysThrAlaGluArg                                       354045                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:20:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 1695 base pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                                   (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Fusarium oxysporum                                              (ix) FEATURE:                                                                 (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                             (B) LOCATION: 52..1593                                                        (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:20:                                      AGACCGGAATTCGCGGCCGCCATCTATCCAACGGTCTAGCTTCACTTCACAATGTAT57                   MetTyr                                                                        CGCATCGTCGCAACCGCCTCGGCTCTTATTGCCGCTGCTCGGGCTCAA105                           ArgIleValAlaThrAlaSerAlaLeuIleAlaAlaAlaArgAlaGln                              51015                                                                         CAGGTCTGCTCTTTGAACACCGAGACCAAGCCTGCCTTGACCTGGTCC153                           GlnValCysSerLeuAsnThrGluThrLysProAlaLeuThrTrpSer                              202530                                                                        AAGTGTACATCCAGCGGCTGCAGCGATGTCAAGGGCTCCGTTGTTATT201                           LysCysThrSerSerGlyCysSerAspValLysGlySerValValIle                              35404550                                                                      GATGCCAACTGGCGATGGACTCACCAGACTTCTGGGTCTACCAACTGT249                           AspAlaAsnTrpArgTrpThrHisGlnThrSerGlySerThrAsnCys                              556065                                                                        TACACCGGAAACAAGTGGGACACCTCCATCTGCACTGATGGCAAGACC297                           TyrThrGlyAsnLysTrpAspThrSerIleCysThrAspGlyLysThr                              707580                                                                        TGCGCCGAAAAGTGCTGTCTTGATGGCGCCGACTATTCTGGTACCTAC345                           CysAlaGluLysCysCysLeuAspGlyAlaAspTyrSerGlyThrTyr                              859095                                                                        GGAATCACCTCCAGCGGCAACCAGCTCAGTCTTGGATTCGTCACCAAC393                           GlyIleThrSerSerGlyAsnGlnLeuSerLeuGlyPheValThrAsn                              100105110                                                                     GGTCCCTACAGCAAGAACATCGGCAGCCGAACCTACCTCATGGAGAAC441                           GlyProTyrSerLysAsnIleGlySerArgThrTyrLeuMetGluAsn                              115120125130                                                                  GAGAACACCATCCAGATGTTCCAGCTTCTGGGCAACGAGTTCACCTTT489                           GluAsnThrIleGlnMetPheGlnLeuLeuGlyAsnGluPheThrPhe                              135140145                                                                     GATGTCGATGTCTCTGGTATCGGCTGCGGTCTGAACGGTGCCCCTCAC537                           AspValAspValSerGlyIleGlyCysGlyLeuAsnGlyAlaProHis                              150155160                                                                     TTCGTCAGCATGGACGAGGATGGTGGCAAGGCCAAGTACTCCGGAAAC585                           PheValSerMetAspGluAspGlyGlyLysAlaLysTyrSerGlyAsn                              165170175                                                                     AAGGCCGGAGCCAAGTACGGAACTGGCTACTGTGATGCCCAGTGCCCT633                           LysAlaGlyAlaLysTyrGlyThrGlyTyrCysAspAlaGlnCysPro                              180185190                                                                     CGTGATGTCAAGTTCATCAACGGAGTTGCCAACTCTGAGGGCTGGAAG681                           ArgAspValLysPheIleAsnGlyValAlaAsnSerGluGlyTrpLys                              195200205210                                                                  CCCTCTGACAGTGATGTCAACGCTGGTGTTGGTAATCTGGGCACCTGC729                           ProSerAspSerAspValAsnAlaGlyValGlyAsnLeuGlyThrCys                              215220225                                                                     TGCCCCGAGATGGATATCTGGGAGGCCAACTCCATCTCCACCGCCTTC777                           CysProGluMetAspIleTrpGluAlaAsnSerIleSerThrAlaPhe                              230235240                                                                     ACTCCTCATCCTTGCACCAAGCTCACACAGCACTCTTGCACTGGCGAC825                           ThrProHisProCysThrLysLeuThrGlnHisSerCysThrGlyAsp                              245250255                                                                     TCTTGTGGTGGAACCTACTCTAGTGACCGATATGGCGGTACTTGCGAT873                           SerCysGlyGlyThrTyrSerSerAspArgTyrGlyGlyThrCysAsp                              260265270                                                                     GCCGACGGTTGTGATTTCAATGCCTACCGTCAGGGCAACAAGACCTTC921                           AlaAspGlyCysAspPheAsnAlaTyrArgGlnGlyAsnLysThrPhe                              275280285290                                                                  TACGGTCCTGGATCCAACTTCAACATCGACACCACCAAGAAGATGACT969                           TyrGlyProGlySerAsnPheAsnIleAspThrThrLysLysMetThr                              295300305                                                                     GTTGTCACTCAGTTCCACAAGGGCAGCAACGGACGTCTTTCTGAGATC1017                          ValValThrGlnPheHisLysGlySerAsnGlyArgLeuSerGluIle                              310315320                                                                     ACCCGTCTGTACGTCCAGAACGGCAAGGTCATTGCCAACTCAGAGTCC1065                          ThrArgLeuTyrValGlnAsnGlyLysValIleAlaAsnSerGluSer                              325330335                                                                     AAGATTGCAGGCAACCCCGGTAGCTCTCTCACCTCTGACTTCTGCTCC1113                          LysIleAlaGlyAsnProGlySerSerLeuThrSerAspPheCysSer                              340345350                                                                     AAGCAGAAGAGCGTCTTTGGCGATATCGATGACTTCTCTAAGAAGGGT1161                          LysGlnLysSerValPheGlyAspIleAspAspPheSerLysLysGly                              355360365370                                                                  GGCTGGAACGGCATGAGCGATGCTCTCTCTGCCCCTATGGTTCTTGTT1209                          GlyTrpAsnGlyMetSerAspAlaLeuSerAlaProMetValLeuVal                              375380385                                                                     ATGTCTCTCTGGCACGACCACCACTCCAACATGCTCTGGCTGGACTCT1257                          MetSerLeuTrpHisAspHisHisSerAsnMetLeuTrpLeuAspSer                              390395400                                                                     ACCTACCCAACCGACTCTACCAAGGTTGGATCTCAACGAGGTTCTTGC1305                          ThrTyrProThrAspSerThrLysValGlySerGlnArgGlySerCys                              405410415                                                                     GCTACCACCTCTGGCAAGCCCTCCGACCTTGAGCGAGATGTTCCCAAC1353                          AlaThrThrSerGlyLysProSerAspLeuGluArgAspValProAsn                              420425430                                                                     TCCAAGGTTTCCTTCTCCAACATCAAGTTCGGTCCCATCGGAAGCACC1401                          SerLysValSerPheSerAsnIleLysPheGlyProIleGlySerThr                              435440445450                                                                  TACAAGAGCGACGGCACCACCCCCAACCCCCCTGCCAGCAGCAGCACC1449                          TyrLysSerAspGlyThrThrProAsnProProAlaSerSerSerThr                              455460465                                                                     ACTGGTTCTTCCACTCCCACCAACCCCCCTGCCGGTAGCGTCGACCAA1497                          ThrGlySerSerThrProThrAsnProProAlaGlySerValAspGln                              470475480                                                                     TGGGGACAGTGCGGTGGCCAGAACTACAGCGGCCCCACGACCTGCAAG1545                          TrpGlyGlnCysGlyGlyGlnAsnTyrSerGlyProThrThrCysLys                              485490495                                                                     TCTCCTTTCACCTGCAAGAAGATCAACGACTTCTACTCCCAGTGTCAG1593                          SerProPheThrCysLysLysIleAsnAspPheTyrSerGlnCysGln                              500505510                                                                     TAAAGGGGCTGCCGAGCTATCTAGCATGAGATTGAGAAACGATGTGATGAGTGGACGATC1653              AAGGAGAAGTGTGTGGATGATATGAACTTGATGTGGGAGGAC1695                                (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:21:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 514 amino acids                                                   (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                   (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:21:                                      MetTyrArgIleValAlaThrAlaSerAlaLeuIleAlaAlaAlaArg                              151015                                                                        AlaGlnGlnValCysSerLeuAsnThrGluThrLysProAlaLeuThr                              202530                                                                        TrpSerLysCysThrSerSerGlyCysSerAspValLysGlySerVal                              354045                                                                        ValIleAspAlaAsnTrpArgTrpThrHisGlnThrSerGlySerThr                              505560                                                                        AsnCysTyrThrGlyAsnLysTrpAspThrSerIleCysThrAspGly                              65707580                                                                      LysThrCysAlaGluLysCysCysLeuAspGlyAlaAspTyrSerGly                              859095                                                                        ThrTyrGlyIleThrSerSerGlyAsnGlnLeuSerLeuGlyPheVal                              100105110                                                                     ThrAsnGlyProTyrSerLysAsnIleGlySerArgThrTyrLeuMet                              115120125                                                                     GluAsnGluAsnThrIleGlnMetPheGlnLeuLeuGlyAsnGluPhe                              130135140                                                                     ThrPheAspValAspValSerGlyIleGlyCysGlyLeuAsnGlyAla                              145150155160                                                                  ProHisPheValSerMetAspGluAspGlyGlyLysAlaLysTyrSer                              165170175                                                                     GlyAsnLysAlaGlyAlaLysTyrGlyThrGlyTyrCysAspAlaGln                              180185190                                                                     CysProArgAspValLysPheIleAsnGlyValAlaAsnSerGluGly                              195200205                                                                     TrpLysProSerAspSerAspValAsnAlaGlyValGlyAsnLeuGly                              210215220                                                                     ThrCysCysProGluMetAspIleTrpGluAlaAsnSerIleSerThr                              225230235240                                                                  AlaPheThrProHisProCysThrLysLeuThrGlnHisSerCysThr                              245250255                                                                     GlyAspSerCysGlyGlyThrTyrSerSerAspArgTyrGlyGlyThr                              260265270                                                                     CysAspAlaAspGlyCysAspPheAsnAlaTyrArgGlnGlyAsnLys                              275280285                                                                     ThrPheTyrGlyProGlySerAsnPheAsnIleAspThrThrLysLys                              290295300                                                                     MetThrValValThrGlnPheHisLysGlySerAsnGlyArgLeuSer                              305310315320                                                                  GluIleThrArgLeuTyrValGlnAsnGlyLysValIleAlaAsnSer                              325330335                                                                     GluSerLysIleAlaGlyAsnProGlySerSerLeuThrSerAspPhe                              340345350                                                                     CysSerLysGlnLysSerValPheGlyAspIleAspAspPheSerLys                              355360365                                                                     LysGlyGlyTrpAsnGlyMetSerAspAlaLeuSerAlaProMetVal                              370375380                                                                     LeuValMetSerLeuTrpHisAspHisHisSerAsnMetLeuTrpLeu                              385390395400                                                                  AspSerThrTyrProThrAspSerThrLysValGlySerGlnArgGly                              405410415                                                                     SerCysAlaThrThrSerGlyLysProSerAspLeuGluArgAspVal                              420425430                                                                     ProAsnSerLysValSerPheSerAsnIleLysPheGlyProIleGly                              435440445                                                                     SerThrTyrLysSerAspGlyThrThrProAsnProProAlaSerSer                              450455460                                                                     SerThrThrGlySerSerThrProThrAsnProProAlaGlySerVal                              465470475480                                                                  AspGlnTrpGlyGlnCysGlyGlyGlnAsnTyrSerGlyProThrThr                              485490495                                                                     CysLysSerProPheThrCysLysLysIleAsnAspPheTyrSerGln                              500505510                                                                     CysGln                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:22:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 1282 base pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                      (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Fusarium oxysporum                                              (ix) FEATURE:                                                                 (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                             (B) LOCATION: 51..1205                                                        (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:22:                                      GAATTCGCGGCCGCCTGCTTCGAAGCATCAGCTCATTGAGATCAGTCAAAATGCAT56                    MetHis                                                                        1                                                                             ACCCTTTCGGTTCTCCTCGCTCTCGCTCCCGTGTCCGCCCTTGCTCAG104                           ThrLeuSerValLeuLeuAlaLeuAlaProValSerAlaLeuAlaGln                              51015                                                                         GCTCCCATCTGGGGACAGTGCGGTGGCAATGGTTGGACCGGTGCTACA152                           AlaProIleTrpGlyGlnCysGlyGlyAsnGlyTrpThrGlyAlaThr                              202530                                                                        ACCTGCGCTAGTGGTCTGAAGTGTGAGAAGATCAACGACTGGTACTAT200                           ThrCysAlaSerGlyLeuLysCysGluLysIleAsnAspTrpTyrTyr                              35404550                                                                      CAGTGTGTTCCTGGATCTGGAGGATCTGAACCCCAGCCTTCGTCAACT248                           GlnCysValProGlySerGlyGlySerGluProGlnProSerSerThr                              556065                                                                        CAGGGTGGTGGCACTCCTCAGCCTACTGGCGGTAACAGCGGCGGCACT296                           GlnGlyGlyGlyThrProGlnProThrGlyGlyAsnSerGlyGlyThr                              707580                                                                        GGTCTCGACGCCAAATTCAAGGCCAAGGGCAAGCAGTACTTTGGTACC344                           GlyLeuAspAlaLysPheLysAlaLysGlyLysGlnTyrPheGlyThr                              859095                                                                        GAGATTGACCACTACCACCTTAACAACAATCCTCTGATCAACATTGTC392                           GluIleAspHisTyrHisLeuAsnAsnAsnProLeuIleAsnIleVal                              100105110                                                                     AAGGCCCAGTTTGGCCAAGTGACATGCGAGAACAGCATGAAGTGGGAT440                           LysAlaGlnPheGlyGlnValThrCysGluAsnSerMetLysTrpAsp                              115120125130                                                                  GCCATTGAGCCTTCACGCAACTCCTTCACCTTCAGTAACGCTGACAAG488                           AlaIleGluProSerArgAsnSerPheThrPheSerAsnAlaAspLys                              135140145                                                                     GTCGTCGACTTCGCCACTCAGAACGGCAAGCTCATCCGTGGCCACACT536                           ValValAspPheAlaThrGlnAsnGlyLysLeuIleArgGlyHisThr                              150155160                                                                     CTTCTCTGGCACTCTCAGCTGCCTCAGTGGGTTCAGAACATCAACGAT584                           LeuLeuTrpHisSerGlnLeuProGlnTrpValGlnAsnIleAsnAsp                              165170175                                                                     CGCTCTACCCTCACCGCGGTCATCGAGAACCACGTCAAGACCATGGTC632                           ArgSerThrLeuThrAlaValIleGluAsnHisValLysThrMetVal                              180185190                                                                     ACCCGCTACAAGGGCAAGATCCTCCAGTGGGACGTTGTCAACAACGAG680                           ThrArgTyrLysGlyLysIleLeuGlnTrpAspValValAsnAsnGlu                              195200205210                                                                  ATCTTCGCTGAGGACGGTAACCTCCGCGACAGTGTCTTCAGCCGAGTT728                           IlePheAlaGluAspGlyAsnLeuArgAspSerValPheSerArgVal                              215220225                                                                     CTCGGTGAGGACTTTGTCGGTATTGCTTTCCGCGCTGCCCGCGCCGCT776                           LeuGlyGluAspPheValGlyIleAlaPheArgAlaAlaArgAlaAla                              230235240                                                                     GATCCCGCTGCCAAGCTCTACATCAACGATTATAACCTCGACAAGTCC824                           AspProAlaAlaLysLeuTyrIleAsnAspTyrAsnLeuAspLysSer                              245250255                                                                     GACTATGCTAAGGTCACCCGCGGAATGGTCGCTCACGTTAATAAGTGG872                           AspTyrAlaLysValThrArgGlyMetValAlaHisValAsnLysTrp                              260265270                                                                     ATTGCTGCTGGTATTCCCATCGACGGTATTGGATCTCAGGGCCATCTT920                           IleAlaAlaGlyIleProIleAspGlyIleGlySerGlnGlyHisLeu                              275280285290                                                                  GCTGCTCCTAGTGGCTGGAACCCTGCCTCTGGTGTTCCTGCTGCTCTC968                           AlaAlaProSerGlyTrpAsnProAlaSerGlyValProAlaAlaLeu                              295300305                                                                     CGAGCTCTTGCCGCCTCGGACGCCAAGGAGATTGCTATCACTGAGCTT1016                          ArgAlaLeuAlaAlaSerAspAlaLysGluIleAlaIleThrGluLeu                              310315320                                                                     GATATTGCCGGTGCCAGTGCTAACGATTACCTTACTGTCATGAACGCT1064                          AspIleAlaGlyAlaSerAlaAsnAspTyrLeuThrValMetAsnAla                              325330335                                                                     TGCCTTGCCGTTCCCAAGTGTGTCGGCATCACTGTCTGGGGTGTCTCT1112                          CysLeuAlaValProLysCysValGlyIleThrValTrpGlyValSer                              340345350                                                                     GACAAGGACTCGTGGCGACCTGGTGACAACCCCCTCCTCTACGACAGC1160                          AspLysAspSerTrpArgProGlyAspAsnProLeuLeuTyrAspSer                              355360365370                                                                  AACTACCAGCCCAAGGCTGCTTTCAATGCCTTGGCTAACGCTCTG1205                             AsnTyrGlnProLysAlaAlaPheAsnAlaLeuAlaAsnAlaLeu                                 375380385                                                                     TGAGCTGTTGTTGATGTATGTCGCTGGATCATACAACGAAACGTCCTAGTTGGATAAAGC1265              GTTGATGGTAGAATGAT1282                                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:23:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 385 amino acids                                                   (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                   (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:23:                                      MetHisThrLeuSerValLeuLeuAlaLeuAlaProValSerAlaLeu                              151015                                                                        AlaGlnAlaProIleTrpGlyGlnCysGlyGlyAsnGlyTrpThrGly                              202530                                                                        AlaThrThrCysAlaSerGlyLeuLysCysGluLysIleAsnAspTrp                              354045                                                                        TyrTyrGlnCysValProGlySerGlyGlySerGluProGlnProSer                              505560                                                                        SerThrGlnGlyGlyGlyThrProGlnProThrGlyGlyAsnSerGly                              65707580                                                                      GlyThrGlyLeuAspAlaLysPheLysAlaLysGlyLysGlnTyrPhe                              859095                                                                        GlyThrGluIleAspHisTyrHisLeuAsnAsnAsnProLeuIleAsn                              100105110                                                                     IleValLysAlaGlnPheGlyGlnValThrCysGluAsnSerMetLys                              115120125                                                                     TrpAspAlaIleGluProSerArgAsnSerPheThrPheSerAsnAla                              130135140                                                                     AspLysValValAspPheAlaThrGlnAsnGlyLysLeuIleArgGly                              145150155160                                                                  HisThrLeuLeuTrpHisSerGlnLeuProGlnTrpValGlnAsnIle                              165170175                                                                     AsnAspArgSerThrLeuThrAlaValIleGluAsnHisValLysThr                              180185190                                                                     MetValThrArgTyrLysGlyLysIleLeuGlnTrpAspValValAsn                              195200205                                                                     AsnGluIlePheAlaGluAspGlyAsnLeuArgAspSerValPheSer                              210215220                                                                     ArgValLeuGlyGluAspPheValGlyIleAlaPheArgAlaAlaArg                              225230235240                                                                  AlaAlaAspProAlaAlaLysLeuTyrIleAsnAspTyrAsnLeuAsp                              245250255                                                                     LysSerAspTyrAlaLysValThrArgGlyMetValAlaHisValAsn                              260265270                                                                     LysTrpIleAlaAlaGlyIleProIleAspGlyIleGlySerGlnGly                              275280285                                                                     HisLeuAlaAlaProSerGlyTrpAsnProAlaSerGlyValProAla                              290295300                                                                     AlaLeuArgAlaLeuAlaAlaSerAspAlaLysGluIleAlaIleThr                              305310315320                                                                  GluLeuAspIleAlaGlyAlaSerAlaAsnAspTyrLeuThrValMet                              325330335                                                                     AsnAlaCysLeuAlaValProLysCysValGlyIleThrValTrpGly                              340345350                                                                     ValSerAspLysAspSerTrpArgProGlyAspAsnProLeuLeuTyr                              355360365                                                                     AspSerAsnTyrGlnProLysAlaAlaPheAsnAlaLeuAlaAsnAla                              370375380                                                                     Leu                                                                           385                                                                           (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:24:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 1584 base pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                      (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Fusarium oxysporum                                              (ix) FEATURE:                                                                 (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                             (B) LOCATION: 55..1335                                                        (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:24:                                      GAATTCGCGGCCGCCTAGATAAGTCACTACCTGATCTCTGAATAATCTTTCATCATG57                   Met                                                                           1                                                                             AAGTCTCTCTCACTCATCCTCTCAGCCCTGGCTGTCCAGGTCGCTGTT105                           LysSerLeuSerLeuIleLeuSerAlaLeuAlaValGlnValAlaVal                              51015                                                                         GCTCAAACCCCCGACAAGGCCAAGGAGCAGCACCCCAAGCTCGAGACC153                           AlaGlnThrProAspLysAlaLysGluGlnHisProLysLeuGluThr                              202530                                                                        TACCGCTGCACCAAGGCCTCTGGCTGCAAGAAGCAAACCAACTACATC201                           TyrArgCysThrLysAlaSerGlyCysLysLysGlnThrAsnTyrIle                              354045                                                                        GTCGCCGACGCAGGTATTCACGGCATTCGCAGAAGCGCCGGCTGCGGT249                           ValAlaAspAlaGlyIleHisGlyIleArgArgSerAlaGlyCysGly                              50556065                                                                      GACTGGGGTCAAAAGCCCAACGCCACAGCCTGCCCCGATGAGGCATCC297                           AspTrpGlyGlnLysProAsnAlaThrAlaCysProAspGluAlaSer                              707580                                                                        TGCGCTAAGAACTGTATCCTCAGTGGTATGGACTCAAACGCTTACAAG345                           CysAlaLysAsnCysIleLeuSerGlyMetAspSerAsnAlaTyrLys                              859095                                                                        AACGCTGGTATCACTACTTCTGGCAACAAGCTTCGTCTTCAGCAGCTT393                           AsnAlaGlyIleThrThrSerGlyAsnLysLeuArgLeuGlnGlnLeu                              100105110                                                                     ATCAACAACCAGCTTGTTTCTCCTCGGGTTTATCTGCTTGAGGAGAAC441                           IleAsnAsnGlnLeuValSerProArgValTyrLeuLeuGluGluAsn                              115120125                                                                     AAGAAGAAGTATGAGATGCTTCAGCTCACTGGTACTGAATTCTCTTTC489                           LysLysLysTyrGluMetLeuGlnLeuThrGlyThrGluPheSerPhe                              130135140145                                                                  GACGTTGAGATGGAGAAGCTTCCTTGTGGTATGAATGGTGCTTTGTAC537                           AspValGluMetGluLysLeuProCysGlyMetAsnGlyAlaLeuTyr                              150155160                                                                     CTTTCCGAGATGCCACAGGATGGTGGTAAGAGCACGAGCCGAAACAGC585                           LeuSerGluMetProGlnAspGlyGlyLysSerThrSerArgAsnSer                              165170175                                                                     AAGGCTGGTGCCTACTATGGTGCTGGATACTGTGATGCTCAGTGCTAC633                           LysAlaGlyAlaTyrTyrGlyAlaGlyTyrCysAspAlaGlnCysTyr                              180185190                                                                     GTCACTCCTTTCATCAACGGAGTTGGCAACATCAAGGGACAGGGTGTC681                           ValThrProPheIleAsnGlyValGlyAsnIleLysGlyGlnGlyVal                              195200205                                                                     TGCTGTAACGAGCTCGACATCTGGGAGGCCAACTCCCGCGCAACTCAC729                           CysCysAsnGluLeuAspIleTrpGluAlaAsnSerArgAlaThrHis                              210215220225                                                                  ATTGCTCCTCACCCTTGCAGCAAGCCCGGCCTCTACGGCTGCACAGGC777                           IleAlaProHisProCysSerLysProGlyLeuTyrGlyCysThrGly                              230235240                                                                     GATGAGTGCGGCAGCTCCGGTTTCTGCGACAAGGCCGGCTGCGGCTGG825                           AspGluCysGlySerSerGlyPheCysAspLysAlaGlyCysGlyTrp                              245250255                                                                     AACCACAACCGCATCAACGTGACCGACTTCTACGGCCGCGGCAAGCAG873                           AsnHisAsnArgIleAsnValThrAspPheTyrGlyArgGlyLysGln                              260265270                                                                     TACAAGGTCGACAGCACCCGCAAGTTCACCGTGACATCTCAGTTCGTC921                           TyrLysValAspSerThrArgLysPheThrValThrSerGlnPheVal                              275280285                                                                     GCCAACAAGCAGGGTGATCTCATCGAGCTGCACCGCCACTACATCCAG969                           AlaAsnLysGlnGlyAspLeuIleGluLeuHisArgHisTyrIleGln                              290295300305                                                                  GACAACAAGGTCATCGAGTCTGCTGTCGTCAACATCTCCGGCCCTCCC1017                          AspAsnLysValIleGluSerAlaValValAsnIleSerGlyProPro                              310315320                                                                     AAGATCAACTTCATCAATGACAAGTACTGCGCTGCCACCGGCGCCAAC1065                          LysIleAsnPheIleAsnAspLysTyrCysAlaAlaThrGlyAlaAsn                              325330335                                                                     GAGTACATGCGCCTCGGCGGTACTAAGCAAATGGGCGATGCCATGTCC1113                          GluTyrMetArgLeuGlyGlyThrLysGlnMetGlyAspAlaMetSer                              340345350                                                                     CGCGGAATGGTTCTCGCCATGAGCGTCTGGTGGAGCGAGGGTGATTTC1161                          ArgGlyMetValLeuAlaMetSerValTrpTrpSerGluGlyAspPhe                              355360365                                                                     ATGGCCTGGTTGGATCAGGGTGTTGCTGGACCCTGTGACGCCACCGAG1209                          MetAlaTrpLeuAspGlnGlyValAlaGlyProCysAspAlaThrGlu                              370375380385                                                                  GGCGATCCCAAGAACATCGTCAAGGTGCAGCCCAACCCTGAAGTGACA1257                          GlyAspProLysAsnIleValLysValGlnProAsnProGluValThr                              390395400                                                                     TTTAGCAACATCAGAATTGGAGAGATTGGATCTACTTCATCGGTCAAG1305                          PheSerAsnIleArgIleGlyGluIleGlySerThrSerSerValLys                              405410415                                                                     GCTCCTGCGTATCCTGGTCCTCACCGCTTGTAAAAACATCAAACAACACC1355                        AlaProAlaTyrProGlyProHisArgLeu                                                420425                                                                        GTGTCCAATATGGATCTTAGTGTCCACTTGCTGGGAAGCTATTGGAGCACATATGCAAAA1415              CAGATGTCCACTAGCTTGACACGTATGTCGGGGCAAAAAAATCTCTTTCTAGGATAGGAG1475              AACATATTGGGTGTTTGGACTTGTATATAAATGATACATTTTTCATATTATATTATTTTC1535              AACATATTTTATTTCACGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA1584                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:25:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 427 amino acids                                                   (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                   (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:25:                                      MetLysSerLeuSerLeuIleLeuSerAlaLeuAlaValGlnValAla                              151015                                                                        ValAlaGlnThrProAspLysAlaLysGluGlnHisProLysLeuGlu                              202530                                                                        ThrTyrArgCysThrLysAlaSerGlyCysLysLysGlnThrAsnTyr                              354045                                                                        IleValAlaAspAlaGlyIleHisGlyIleArgArgSerAlaGlyCys                              505560                                                                        GlyAspTrpGlyGlnLysProAsnAlaThrAlaCysProAspGluAla                              65707580                                                                      SerCysAlaLysAsnCysIleLeuSerGlyMetAspSerAsnAlaTyr                              859095                                                                        LysAsnAlaGlyIleThrThrSerGlyAsnLysLeuArgLeuGlnGln                              100105110                                                                     LeuIleAsnAsnGlnLeuValSerProArgValTyrLeuLeuGluGlu                              115120125                                                                     AsnLysLysLysTyrGluMetLeuGlnLeuThrGlyThrGluPheSer                              130135140                                                                     PheAspValGluMetGluLysLeuProCysGlyMetAsnGlyAlaLeu                              145150155160                                                                  TyrLeuSerGluMetProGlnAspGlyGlyLysSerThrSerArgAsn                              165170175                                                                     SerLysAlaGlyAlaTyrTyrGlyAlaGlyTyrCysAspAlaGlnCys                              180185190                                                                     TyrValThrProPheIleAsnGlyValGlyAsnIleLysGlyGlnGly                              195200205                                                                     ValCysCysAsnGluLeuAspIleTrpGluAlaAsnSerArgAlaThr                              210215220                                                                     HisIleAlaProHisProCysSerLysProGlyLeuTyrGlyCysThr                              225230235240                                                                  GlyAspGluCysGlySerSerGlyPheCysAspLysAlaGlyCysGly                              245250255                                                                     TrpAsnHisAsnArgIleAsnValThrAspPheTyrGlyArgGlyLys                              260265270                                                                     GlnTyrLysValAspSerThrArgLysPheThrValThrSerGlnPhe                              275280285                                                                     ValAlaAsnLysGlnGlyAspLeuIleGluLeuHisArgHisTyrIle                              290295300                                                                     GlnAspAsnLysValIleGluSerAlaValValAsnIleSerGlyPro                              305310315320                                                                  ProLysIleAsnPheIleAsnAspLysTyrCysAlaAlaThrGlyAla                              325330335                                                                     AsnGluTyrMetArgLeuGlyGlyThrLysGlnMetGlyAspAlaMet                              340345350                                                                     SerArgGlyMetValLeuAlaMetSerValTrpTrpSerGluGlyAsp                              355360365                                                                     PheMetAlaTrpLeuAspGlnGlyValAlaGlyProCysAspAlaThr                              370375380                                                                     GluGlyAspProLysAsnIleValLysValGlnProAsnProGluVal                              385390395400                                                                  ThrPheSerAsnIleArgIleGlyGluIleGlySerThrSerSerVal                              405410415                                                                     LysAlaProAlaTyrProGlyProHisArgLeu                                             420425                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:26:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 1510 base pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                      (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Humicola insolens                                               (B) STRAIN: DSM 1800                                                          (ix) FEATURE:                                                                 (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                             (B) LOCATION: 109..1413                                                       (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:26:                                      TTTCTTCGTCGAGCTCGAGTCGTCCGCCGTCTCCTCCTCCTCCTCCTTCCAGTCTTTGAG60                TTCCTTCGACCTGCAGCGTCCTGAACAACTCGCTCTAGCTCAACAACCATGGCTCGC117                  MetAlaArg                                                                     1                                                                             GGTACCGCTCTCCTCGGCCTGACCGCGCTCCTCCTGGGGCTGGTCAAC165                           GlyThrAlaLeuLeuGlyLeuThrAlaLeuLeuLeuGlyLeuValAsn                              51015                                                                         GGCCAGAAGCCTGGTGAGACCAAGGAGGTTCACCCCCAGCTCACGACC213                           GlyGlnLysProGlyGluThrLysGluValHisProGlnLeuThrThr                              20253035                                                                      TTCCGCTGCACGAAGAGGGGTGGTTGCAAGCCGGCGACCAACTTCATC261                           PheArgCysThrLysArgGlyGlyCysLysProAlaThrAsnPheIle                              404550                                                                        GTGCTTGACTCGCTGTCGCACCCCATCCACCGCGCTGAGGGCCTGGGC309                           ValLeuAspSerLeuSerHisProIleHisArgAlaGluGlyLeuGly                              556065                                                                        CCTGGCGGCTGCGGCGACTGGGGCAACCCGCCGCCCAAGGACGTCTGC357                           ProGlyGlyCysGlyAspTrpGlyAsnProProProLysAspValCys                              707580                                                                        CCGGACGTCGAGTCGTGCGCCAAGAACTGCATCATGGAGGGCATCCCC405                           ProAspValGluSerCysAlaLysAsnCysIleMetGluGlyIlePro                              859095                                                                        GACTACAGCCAGTACGGCGTCACCACCAACGGCACCAGCCTCCGCCTG453                           AspTyrSerGlnTyrGlyValThrThrAsnGlyThrSerLeuArgLeu                              100105110115                                                                  CAGCACATCCTCCCCGACGGCCGCGTCCCGTCGCCGCGTGTCTACCTG501                           GlnHisIleLeuProAspGlyArgValProSerProArgValTyrLeu                              120125130                                                                     CTCGACAAGACGAAGCGCCGCTATGAGATGCTCCACCTGACCGGCTTC549                           LeuAspLysThrLysArgArgTyrGluMetLeuHisLeuThrGlyPhe                              135140145                                                                     GAGTTCACCTTCGACGTCGACGCCACCAAGCTGCCCTGCGGCATGAAC597                           GluPheThrPheAspValAspAlaThrLysLeuProCysGlyMetAsn                              150155160                                                                     AGCGCTCTGTACCTGTCCGAGATGCACCCGACCGGTGCCAAGAGCAAG645                           SerAlaLeuTyrLeuSerGluMetHisProThrGlyAlaLysSerLys                              165170175                                                                     TACAACTCCGGCGGTGCCTACTACGGTACTGGCTACTGCGATGCTCAG693                           TyrAsnSerGlyGlyAlaTyrTyrGlyThrGlyTyrCysAspAlaGln                              180185190195                                                                  TGCTTCGTGACGCCCTTCATCAACGGCTTGGGCAACATCGAGGGCAAG741                           CysPheValThrProPheIleAsnGlyLeuGlyAsnIleGluGlyLys                              200205210                                                                     GGCTCGTGCTGCAACGAGATGGATATCTGGGAGGTCAACTCGCGCGCC789                           GlySerCysCysAsnGluMetAspIleTrpGluValAsnSerArgAla                              215220225                                                                     TCGCACGTGGTTCCCCACACCTGCAACAAGAAGGGCCTGTACCTTTGC837                           SerHisValValProHisThrCysAsnLysLysGlyLeuTyrLeuCys                              230235240                                                                     GAGGGTGAGGAGTGCGCCTTCGAGGGTGTTTGCGACAAGAACGGCTGC885                           GluGlyGluGluCysAlaPheGluGlyValCysAspLysAsnGlyCys                              245250255                                                                     GGCTGGAACAACTACCGCGTCAACGTGACTGACTACTACGGCCGGGGC933                           GlyTrpAsnAsnTyrArgValAsnValThrAspTyrTyrGlyArgGly                              260265270275                                                                  GAGGAGTTCAAGGTCAACACCCTCAAGCCCTTCACCGTCGTCACTCAG981                           GluGluPheLysValAsnThrLeuLysProPheThrValValThrGln                              280285290                                                                     TTCTTGGCCAACCGCAGGGGCAAGCTCGAGAAGATCCACCGCTTCTAC1029                          PheLeuAlaAsnArgArgGlyLysLeuGluLysIleHisArgPheTyr                              295300305                                                                     GTGCAGGACGGCAAGGTCATCGAGTCCTTCTACACCAACAAGGAGGGA1077                          ValGlnAspGlyLysValIleGluSerPheTyrThrAsnLysGluGly                              310315320                                                                     GTCCCTTACACCAACATGATCGATGACGAGTTCTGCGAGGCCACCGGC1125                          ValProTyrThrAsnMetIleAspAspGluPheCysGluAlaThrGly                              325330335                                                                     TCCCGCAAGTACATGGAGCTCGGCGCCACCCAGGGCATGGGCGAGGCC1173                          SerArgLysTyrMetGluLeuGlyAlaThrGlnGlyMetGlyGluAla                              340345350355                                                                  CTCACCCGCGGCATGGTCCTGGCCATGAGCATCTGGTGGGACCAGGGC1221                          LeuThrArgGlyMetValLeuAlaMetSerIleTrpTrpAspGlnGly                              360365370                                                                     GGCAACATGGAGTGGCTCGACCACGGCGAGGCCGGCCCCTGCGCCAAG1269                          GlyAsnMetGluTrpLeuAspHisGlyGluAlaGlyProCysAlaLys                              375380385                                                                     GGCGAGGGCGCCCCGTCCAACATTGTCCAGGTTGAGCCCTTCCCCGAG1317                          GlyGluGlyAlaProSerAsnIleValGlnValGluProPheProGlu                              390395400                                                                     GTCACCTACACCAACCTCCGCTGGGGCGAGATCGGCTCGACCTACCAG1365                          ValThrTyrThrAsnLeuArgTrpGlyGluIleGlySerThrTyrGln                              405410415                                                                     GAGGTTCAGAAGCCTAAGCCCAAGCCCGGCCACGGCCCCCGGAGCGAC1413                          GluValGlnLysProLysProLysProGlyHisGlyProArgSerAsp                              420425430435                                                                  TAAGTGGTGATGGGATAGAGGGATAGAATAGTGGATAGCACATAGATCGGCGGTTTTGGA1473              TAGTTTAATACATTCCGTTGCCGTTGTGAAAAAAAAA1510                                     (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:27:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 435 amino acids                                                   (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                   (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:27:                                      MetAlaArgGlyThrAlaLeuLeuGlyLeuThrAlaLeuLeuLeuGly                              151015                                                                        LeuValAsnGlyGlnLysProGlyGluThrLysGluValHisProGln                              202530                                                                        LeuThrThrPheArgCysThrLysArgGlyGlyCysLysProAlaThr                              354045                                                                        AsnPheIleValLeuAspSerLeuSerHisProIleHisArgAlaGlu                              505560                                                                        GlyLeuGlyProGlyGlyCysGlyAspTrpGlyAsnProProProLys                              65707580                                                                      AspValCysProAspValGluSerCysAlaLysAsnCysIleMetGlu                              859095                                                                        GlyIleProAspTyrSerGlnTyrGlyValThrThrAsnGlyThrSer                              100105110                                                                     LeuArgLeuGlnHisIleLeuProAspGlyArgValProSerProArg                              115120125                                                                     ValTyrLeuLeuAspLysThrLysArgArgTyrGluMetLeuHisLeu                              130135140                                                                     ThrGlyPheGluPheThrPheAspValAspAlaThrLysLeuProCys                              145150155160                                                                  GlyMetAsnSerAlaLeuTyrLeuSerGluMetHisProThrGlyAla                              165170175                                                                     LysSerLysTyrAsnSerGlyGlyAlaTyrTyrGlyThrGlyTyrCys                              180185190                                                                     AspAlaGlnCysPheValThrProPheIleAsnGlyLeuGlyAsnIle                              195200205                                                                     GluGlyLysGlySerCysCysAsnGluMetAspIleTrpGluValAsn                              210215220                                                                     SerArgAlaSerHisValValProHisThrCysAsnLysLysGlyLeu                              225230235240                                                                  TyrLeuCysGluGlyGluGluCysAlaPheGluGlyValCysAspLys                              245250255                                                                     AsnGlyCysGlyTrpAsnAsnTyrArgValAsnValThrAspTyrTyr                              260265270                                                                     GlyArgGlyGluGluPheLysValAsnThrLeuLysProPheThrVal                              275280285                                                                     ValThrGlnPheLeuAlaAsnArgArgGlyLysLeuGluLysIleHis                              290295300                                                                     ArgPheTyrValGlnAspGlyLysValIleGluSerPheTyrThrAsn                              305310315320                                                                  LysGluGlyValProTyrThrAsnMetIleAspAspGluPheCysGlu                              325330335                                                                     AlaThrGlySerArgLysTyrMetGluLeuGlyAlaThrGlnGlyMet                              340345350                                                                     GlyGluAlaLeuThrArgGlyMetValLeuAlaMetSerIleTrpTrp                              355360365                                                                     AspGlnGlyGlyAsnMetGluTrpLeuAspHisGlyGluAlaGlyPro                              370375380                                                                     CysAlaLysGlyGluGlyAlaProSerAsnIleValGlnValGluPro                              385390395400                                                                  PheProGluValThrTyrThrAsnLeuArgTrpGlyGluIleGlySer                              405410415                                                                     ThrTyrGlnGluValGlnLysProLysProLysProGlyHisGlyPro                              420425430                                                                     ArgSerAsp                                                                     435                                                                           (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:28:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 1854 base pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                      (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                         (A) ORGANISM: Bacillus lautus/Humicola insolens                               (ix) FEATURE:                                                                 (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                             (B) LOCATION: 1..1851                                                         (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:28:                                      ATGCGTTCCTCCCCCCTCCTCCCGTCCGCCGTTGTGGCCGCCCTGCCG48                            MetArgSerSerProLeuLeuProSerAlaValValAlaAlaLeuPro                              151015                                                                        GTGTTGGCCCTTGCCGCTGATGGCAGGAGTGATGTCACTTTCACGATT96                            ValLeuAlaLeuAlaAlaAspGlyArgSerAspValThrPheThrIle                              202530                                                                        AATACGCAGTCGGAACGTGCAGCGATCAGCCCCAATATTTACGGAACC144                           AsnThrGlnSerGluArgAlaAlaIleSerProAsnIleTyrGlyThr                              354045                                                                        AATCAGGATCTGAGCGGGACGGAGAACTGGTCATCCCGCAGGCTCGGA192                           AsnGlnAspLeuSerGlyThrGluAsnTrpSerSerArgArgLeuGly                              505560                                                                        GGCAACCGGCTGACGGGTTACAACTGGGAGAACAACGCATCCAGCGCC240                           GlyAsnArgLeuThrGlyTyrAsnTrpGluAsnAsnAlaSerSerAla                              65707580                                                                      GGAAGGGACTGGCTTCATTACAGCGATGATTTTCTCTGCGGCAACGGT288                           GlyArgAspTrpLeuHisTyrSerAspAspPheLeuCysGlyAsnGly                              859095                                                                        GGTGTTCCAGACACCGACTGCGACAAGCCGGGGGCGGTTGTTACCGCT336                           GlyValProAspThrAspCysAspLysProGlyAlaValValThrAla                              100105110                                                                     TTTCACGATAAATCTTTGGAGAATGGAGCTTACTCCATTGTAACGCTG384                           PheHisAspLysSerLeuGluAsnGlyAlaTyrSerIleValThrLeu                              115120125                                                                     CAAATGGCGGGTTATGTGTCCCGGGATAAGAACGGTCCAGTTGACGAG432                           GlnMetAlaGlyTyrValSerArgAspLysAsnGlyProValAspGlu                              130135140                                                                     AGTGAGACGGCTCCGTCACCGCGTTGGGATAAGGTCGAGTTTGCCAAA480                           SerGluThrAlaProSerProArgTrpAspLysValGluPheAlaLys                              145150155160                                                                  AATGCGCCGTTCTCCCTTCAGCCTGATCTGAACGACGGACAAGTGTAT528                           AsnAlaProPheSerLeuGlnProAspLeuAsnAspGlyGlnValTyr                              165170175                                                                     ATGGATGAAGAAGTTAACTTCCTGGTCAACCGGTATGGAAACGCTTCA576                           MetAspGluGluValAsnPheLeuValAsnArgTyrGlyAsnAlaSer                              180185190                                                                     ACGTCAACGGGCATCAAAGCGTATTCGCTGGATAACGAGCCGGCGCTG624                           ThrSerThrGlyIleLysAlaTyrSerLeuAspAsnGluProAlaLeu                              195200205                                                                     TGGTCTGAGACGCATCCAAGGATTCATCCGGAGCAGTTACAAGCGGCA672                           TrpSerGluThrHisProArgIleHisProGluGlnLeuGlnAlaAla                              210215220                                                                     GAACTCGTCGCTAAGAGCATCGACTTGTCAAAGGCGGTGAAGAACGTC720                           GluLeuValAlaLysSerIleAspLeuSerLysAlaValLysAsnVal                              225230235240                                                                  GATCCGCATGCCGAAATATTCGGTCCTGCCCTTTACGGTTTCGGCGCA768                           AspProHisAlaGluIlePheGlyProAlaLeuTyrGlyPheGlyAla                              245250255                                                                     TATTTGTCTCTGCAGGACGCACCGGATTGGCCGAGTTTGCAAGGCAAC816                           TyrLeuSerLeuGlnAspAlaProAspTrpProSerLeuGlnGlyAsn                              260265270                                                                     TACAGCTGGTTTATCGATTACTATCTGGATCAGATGAAGAATGCTCAT864                           TyrSerTrpPheIleAspTyrTyrLeuAspGlnMetLysAsnAlaHis                              275280285                                                                     ACGCAGAACGGCAAAAGATTGCTCGATGTGCTGGACGTCCACTGGTAT912                           ThrGlnAsnGlyLysArgLeuLeuAspValLeuAspValHisTrpTyr                              290295300                                                                     CCGGAAGCACAGGGCGGAGGCCAGCGAATCGTCTTTGGCGGGGCGGGC960                           ProGluAlaGlnGlyGlyGlyGlnArgIleValPheGlyGlyAlaGly                              305310315320                                                                  AATATCGATACGCAGAAGGCTCGCGTACAAGCGCCAAGATCGCTATGG1008                          AsnIleAspThrGlnLysAlaArgValGlnAlaProArgSerLeuTrp                              325330335                                                                     GATCCGGCTTACCAGGAAGACAGCTGGATCGGCACATGGTTTTCAAGC1056                          AspProAlaTyrGlnGluAspSerTrpIleGlyThrTrpPheSerSer                              340345350                                                                     TACTTGCCCTTAATTCCGAAGCTGCAATCTTCGATTCAGACGTATTAT1104                          TyrLeuProLeuIleProLysLeuGlnSerSerIleGlnThrTyrTyr                              355360365                                                                     CCGGGTACGAAGCTGGCGATCACAGAGTTCAGCTACGGCGGAGACAAT1152                          ProGlyThrLysLeuAlaIleThrGluPheSerTyrGlyGlyAspAsn                              370375380                                                                     CACATTTCGGGAGGCATAGCTACCGCGGACGCGCTCGGCATTTTTGGA1200                          HisIleSerGlyGlyIleAlaThrAlaAspAlaLeuGlyIlePheGly                              385390395400                                                                  AAATATGGCGTTTATGCCGCGAATTACTGGCAGACGGAGGACAATACC1248                          LysTyrGlyValTyrAlaAlaAsnTyrTrpGlnThrGluAspAsnThr                              405410415                                                                     GATTATACCAGCGCTGCTTACAAGCTGTATCGCAACTACGACGGCAAT1296                          AspTyrThrSerAlaAlaTyrLysLeuTyrArgAsnTyrAspGlyAsn                              420425430                                                                     AAATCGGGGTTCGGCTCGATCAAAGTGGACGCCGCTACGTCCGATACG1344                          LysSerGlyPheGlySerIleLysValAspAlaAlaThrSerAspThr                              435440445                                                                     GAGAACAGCTCGGTATACGCTTCGGTAACTGACGAGGAGAATTCCGAA1392                          GluAsnSerSerValTyrAlaSerValThrAspGluGluAsnSerGlu                              450455460                                                                     CTCCACCTGATCGTGCTGAATAAAAATTTCGACGATCCGATCAACGCT1440                          LeuHisLeuIleValLeuAsnLysAsnPheAspAspProIleAsnAla                              465470475480                                                                  ACTTTCCAGCTGTCTGGTGATAAAACCTACACATCCGGGAGAGTATGG1488                          ThrPheGlnLeuSerGlyAspLysThrTyrThrSerGlyArgValTrp                              485490495                                                                     GGCTTCGACCAAACCGGATCCGACATTACGGAACAAGCAGCTATAACG1536                          GlyPheAspGlnThrGlySerAspIleThrGluGlnAlaAlaIleThr                              500505510                                                                     AATATTAACAACAATCAATTCACGTATACGCTTCCTCCATTGTCGGCT1584                          AsnIleAsnAsnAsnGlnPheThrTyrThrLeuProProLeuSerAla                              515520525                                                                     TACCACATTGTTCTGAAAGCGGATAGCACCGAACCGGTCATCTCCGAG1632                          TyrHisIleValLeuLysAlaAspSerThrGluProValIleSerGlu                              530535540                                                                     ATCCCCTCCAGCAGCACCAGCTCTCCGGTCAACCAGCCTACCAGCACC1680                          IleProSerSerSerThrSerSerProValAsnGlnProThrSerThr                              545550555560                                                                  AGCACCACGTCCACCTCCACCACCTCGAGCCCGCCAGTCCAGCCTACG1728                          SerThrThrSerThrSerThrThrSerSerProProValGlnProThr                              565570575                                                                     ACTCCCAGCGGCTGCACTGCTGAGAGGTGGGCTCAGTGCGGCGGCAAT1776                          ThrProSerGlyCysThrAlaGluArgTrpAlaGlnCysGlyGlyAsn                              580585590                                                                     GGCTGGAGCGGCTGCACCACCTGCGTCGCTGGCAGCACTTGCACGAAG1824                          GlyTrpSerGlyCysThrThrCysValAlaGlySerThrCysThrLys                              595600605                                                                     ATTAATGACTGGTACCATCAGTGCCTGTAG1854                                            IleAsnAspTrpTyrHisGlnCysLeu                                                   610615                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:29:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 617 amino acids                                                   (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                                   (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:29:                                      MetArgSerSerProLeuLeuProSerAlaValValAlaAlaLeuPro                              151015                                                                        ValLeuAlaLeuAlaAlaAspGlyArgSerAspValThrPheThrIle                              202530                                                                        AsnThrGlnSerGluArgAlaAlaIleSerProAsnIleTyrGlyThr                              354045                                                                        AsnGlnAspLeuSerGlyThrGluAsnTrpSerSerArgArgLeuGly                              505560                                                                        GlyAsnArgLeuThrGlyTyrAsnTrpGluAsnAsnAlaSerSerAla                              65707580                                                                      GlyArgAspTrpLeuHisTyrSerAspAspPheLeuCysGlyAsnGly                              859095                                                                        GlyValProAspThrAspCysAspLysProGlyAlaValValThrAla                              100105110                                                                     PheHisAspLysSerLeuGluAsnGlyAlaTyrSerIleValThrLeu                              115120125                                                                     GlnMetAlaGlyTyrValSerArgAspLysAsnGlyProValAspGlu                              130135140                                                                     SerGluThrAlaProSerProArgTrpAspLysValGluPheAlaLys                              145150155160                                                                  AsnAlaProPheSerLeuGlnProAspLeuAsnAspGlyGlnValTyr                              165170175                                                                     MetAspGluGluValAsnPheLeuValAsnArgTyrGlyAsnAlaSer                              180185190                                                                     ThrSerThrGlyIleLysAlaTyrSerLeuAspAsnGluProAlaLeu                              195200205                                                                     TrpSerGluThrHisProArgIleHisProGluGlnLeuGlnAlaAla                              210215220                                                                     GluLeuValAlaLysSerIleAspLeuSerLysAlaValLysAsnVal                              225230235240                                                                  AspProHisAlaGluIlePheGlyProAlaLeuTyrGlyPheGlyAla                              245250255                                                                     TyrLeuSerLeuGlnAspAlaProAspTrpProSerLeuGlnGlyAsn                              260265270                                                                     TyrSerTrpPheIleAspTyrTyrLeuAspGlnMetLysAsnAlaHis                              275280285                                                                     ThrGlnAsnGlyLysArgLeuLeuAspValLeuAspValHisTrpTyr                              290295300                                                                     ProGluAlaGlnGlyGlyGlyGlnArgIleValPheGlyGlyAlaGly                              305310315320                                                                  AsnIleAspThrGlnLysAlaArgValGlnAlaProArgSerLeuTrp                              325330335                                                                     AspProAlaTyrGlnGluAspSerTrpIleGlyThrTrpPheSerSer                              340345350                                                                     TyrLeuProLeuIleProLysLeuGlnSerSerIleGlnThrTyrTyr                              355360365                                                                     ProGlyThrLysLeuAlaIleThrGluPheSerTyrGlyGlyAspAsn                              370375380                                                                     HisIleSerGlyGlyIleAlaThrAlaAspAlaLeuGlyIlePheGly                              385390395400                                                                  LysTyrGlyValTyrAlaAlaAsnTyrTrpGlnThrGluAspAsnThr                              405410415                                                                     AspTyrThrSerAlaAlaTyrLysLeuTyrArgAsnTyrAspGlyAsn                              420425430                                                                     LysSerGlyPheGlySerIleLysValAspAlaAlaThrSerAspThr                              435440445                                                                     GluAsnSerSerValTyrAlaSerValThrAspGluGluAsnSerGlu                              450455460                                                                     LeuHisLeuIleValLeuAsnLysAsnPheAspAspProIleAsnAla                              465470475480                                                                  ThrPheGlnLeuSerGlyAspLysThrTyrThrSerGlyArgValTrp                              485490495                                                                     GlyPheAspGlnThrGlySerAspIleThrGluGlnAlaAlaIleThr                              500505510                                                                     AsnIleAsnAsnAsnGlnPheThrTyrThrLeuProProLeuSerAla                              515520525                                                                     TyrHisIleValLeuLysAlaAspSerThrGluProValIleSerGlu                              530535540                                                                     IleProSerSerSerThrSerSerProValAsnGlnProThrSerThr                              545550555560                                                                  SerThrThrSerThrSerThrThrSerSerProProValGlnProThr                              565570575                                                                     ThrProSerGlyCysThrAlaGluArgTrpAlaGlnCysGlyGlyAsn                              580585590                                                                     GlyTrpSerGlyCysThrThrCysValAlaGlySerThrCysThrLys                              595600605                                                                     IleAsnAspTrpTyrHisGlnCysLeu                                                   610615                                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:30:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 39 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO                                                           (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:30:                                      CTTGCACCCGCTGTACCCAATGCCACCGCACTGCCCCCA39                                     (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:31:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 39 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO                                                           (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:31:                                      CGTGGGGCCGCTGTAGCCAATACCGCCGCACTGGCCGTA39                                     (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:32:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 39 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO                                                           (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:32:                                      AGTCGGACCCGACCAATTCTGGCCACCACATTGGCCCCA39                                     (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:33:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 39 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO                                                           (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:33:                                      CGTAGGTCCGCTCCAACCAATACCTCCACACTGGCCCCA39                                     (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:34:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 35 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO                                                           (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:34:                                      GCCAACTACGGTACCGGNTAYTGYGAYDSNCARTG35                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:35:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 35 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO                                                        (iv) ANTI-SENSE: NO                                                           (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:35:                                      GCGTTGGCCTCTAGAATRTCCATYTCNBWRCARCA35                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:36:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 33 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:36:                                      TCCTGACGCCAAGCTTTDYWWHAAYGAYTAYAA33                                           (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:37:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 31 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:37:                                      CACCGGCACCATCGATRTCNARYTCNGTDAT31                                             (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:38:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 44 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:38:                                      GACAGAGCACAGAATTCACTAGTGAGCTCTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT44                                (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:39:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 40 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:39:                                      ATTACCAACACCAGCGTTGACATCACTGTCAGAGGGCTTC40                                    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:40:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 28 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:40:                                      AACTCCGTTGATGAAAGGAGTGACGTAG28                                                (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:41:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 40 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:41:                                      CGGAGAGCAGCAGGAACACCAGAGGCAGGGTTCCAGCCAC40                                    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:42:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 21 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:42:                                      ATTGTTCTCGTTCCCTTTCTT21                                                       (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:43:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 18 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:43:                                      TGTACGCATGTAACATTA18                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:44:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 18 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:44:                                      TGATGTCAAGTTCATCAA18                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:45:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 18 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:45:                                      TCTGTACGTCCAGAACGG18                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:46:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 18 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:46:                                      ATGACTTCTCTAAGAAGG18                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:47:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 18 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:47:                                      TCCAACATCAAGTTCGGT18                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:48:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 18 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:48:                                      AGGCCAACTCCATCTGAA18                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:49:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 40 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:49:                                      ATTACCAACACCAGCGTTGACATCACTGTCAGAGGGCTCC40                                    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:50:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 18 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:50:                                      CCGTTCTGGACGTACAGA18                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:51:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 18 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:51:                                      CCATCGACGGTATTGGAT18                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:52:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 40 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:52:                                      CGGAGAGCAGCAGGAACACCAGAGGCAGGGTTCCAGCCAC40                                    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:53:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 18 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:53:                                      GAGGGTAGAGCGATCGTT18                                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:54:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 20 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:54:                                      TGATCTCATCGAGCTGCACC20                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:55:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 20 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:55:                                      GTGATGCTCAGTGCTACGTC20                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:56:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 28 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:56:                                      AACTCCGTTGATGAAAGGAGTGACGTAG28                                                (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:57:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 20 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:57:                                      TCCAATAGCTTCCCAGCAAG20                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:58:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 20 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:58:                                      TGTCCCTTGATGTTGCCAAC20                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:59:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 35 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:59:                                      GCTTCGCCCATGCCTTGGGTGGCGCCGAGTTCCAT35                                         (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:60:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 69 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: double                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:60:                                      GTCACCTACACCAACCTCCGCTGGGGCGAGATCGGCTCGACCTACCAGGAGCTGCAGTAG60                TAATGATAG69                                                                   (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:61:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 68 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: double                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:61:                                      GATCCTATCATTACTACTGCAGCTCCTGGTAGGTCGAGCCGATCTCGCCCCAGCGGAGGT60                TGGTGTAG68                                                                    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:62:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 102 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: double                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:62:                                      GTCACCTACACCAACCTCCGCTGGGGCGAGATCGGCTCGACCTACCAGGAGGTTCAGAAG60                CCTAAGCCCAAGCCCGGGCACGGCCCCCGATCGGACTAATAG102                                 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:63:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 101 base pairs                                                    (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: double                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:63:                                      GATCCTATTAGTCCGATCGGGGGCCGTGCCCGGGCTTGGGCTTAGGCTTCTGAACCTCCT60                GGTAGGTCGAGCCGATCTCGCCCCAGCGGAGGTTGGTGTAG101                                  (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:64:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 25 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: double                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:64:                                      GTCCAGCAGCACCAGCTCTCCGGTC25                                                   (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:65:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 29 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: double                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:65:                                      GACCGGAGAGCTGGTGCTGCTGGACTGCA29                                               (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:66:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 26 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: double                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:66:                                      CGTCCAGCAGCACCAGCTCTCCGGTC26                                                  (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:67:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 28 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: double                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:67:                                      GACCGGAGAGCTGGTGCTGCTGGACGAT28                                                (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:68:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 24 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:68:                                      CGACAACATCACATCAAGCTCTCC24                                                    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:69:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 20 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:69:                                      CCATCCTTTAACTATAGCGA20                                                        (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:70:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 34 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:70:                                      GCTGGTGCTGGTACCCGGGATCTGGACGGCAGGG34                                          (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:71:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 30 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:71:                                      GCATCGGTACCGGCGGCGGCTCCACTGGCG30                                              (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:72:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 30 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:72:                                      CTCACTCCATCTCGAGTCTTTCAATTTACA30                                              (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:73:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 31 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:73:                                      CTTTTCTCGAGTCCCTTAGTTCAAGCACTGC31                                             (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:74:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 30 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:74:                                      TGACCGGTACCGGCGGCGGCAACACCAACC30                                              (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:75:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 30 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:75:                                      TCACCGGTACCGGCGGTGGAAGCAACAATG30                                              (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:76:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 30 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:76:                                      TCTTCGGTACCAGCGGCAACAGCGGCGGCG30                                              (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:77:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 30 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:77:                                      CGCTGGGTACCAACAACAATCCTCAGCAGG30                                              (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:78:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 30 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:78:                                      CTCCCAGCAGCTGCACTGCTGAGAGGTGGG30                                              (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:79:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 30 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:79:                                      CGGCCTCGAGACCTTACAGGCACTGCGAGT30                                              (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:80:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 24 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:80:                                      AATTCCGCGGAACGATATCTCCGA24                                                    (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:81:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 25 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:81:                                      GATCTCGGAGATATACGTTCCGCGG25                                                   (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:82:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 29 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:82:                                      TTGAATTCTGATCAAGATGCGTTCCTCCC29                                               (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:83:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 42 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:83:                                      AATGGTGAAAGTGACATCACTCCTGCCATCAGCGGCAAGGGC42                                  (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:84:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 42 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:84:                                      GCCCTTGCCGCTGATGGCAGGAGTGATGTCACTTTCACCATT42                                  (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:85:                                             (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                 (A) LENGTH: 21 base pairs                                                     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                          (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                             (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:85:                                      AGCGCGTCCGCGGTAGCTATG21                                 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We claim:
 1. An isolated and purified cellulose- orhemicellulose-degrading enzyme, comprising a catalytically activedomain, a carbohydrate binding domain and a linking B region whichoperably links the catalytically active domain and the carbohydratebinding domain, wherein the carbohydrate binding domain has thefollowing core sequence: ##STR10## wherein: Xaa in position 1 is Trp orTyr;Xaa in position 2 is Gly or Ala ; Xaa in position 7 is Gln, Ile orAsn; Xaa in position 8 is Gly or Asn; Xaa in position 9 is Trp, Phe orTyr; Xaa in position 10 is Ser, Asn, Thr or Gln; Xaa in position 12 isPro, Ala or Cys; Xaa in position 13 is Thr, Arg or Lys; Xaa in position14 is Thr, Cys or Asn; Xaa in position 16 is one of the twenty standardL-α-amino acids found in proteins; Xaa in position 17 is one of thetwenty standard L-α-amino acids found in proteins; Xaa in position 18 isGly or Pro; Xaa in position 19 is Ser, Thr, Phe, Leu or Ala, or isabsent; Xaa in position 20 is Thr or Lys; Xaa in position 22 is Val,Thr, Arg, Glu or Lys; Xaa in position 23 is Lys, Gln or Ala; Xaa inposition 24 is Gln or Ile; Xaa in position 26 is Gln, Asp or Ala; Xaa inposition 27 is Trp, Phe or Tyr; Xaa in position 29 is Tyr, Ser, His orAla; Xaa in position 32 is Leu, Ile, Gln, Val or Thr; and Xaa inposition 33 is one of the twenty standard L-α-amino acids found inproteins, or is absent;wherein the enzyme is endogenous to a strain of afungus other than Trichoderma or Phanerochaete.
 2. The enzyme accordingto claim 1, which is endogenous to a strain of Humicola.
 3. The enzymeaccording to claim 1, which is endogenous to a strain of Fusarium. 4.The enzyme according to claim 1, which is endogenous to a strain ofMyceliopthora.
 5. The enzyme according to claim 1, wherein thecarbohydrate binding domain has the core sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Trp Gly Gln Cys Gly Gly Gln Gly Trp Asn Gly Pro Thr Cys Cys Glu               Ala Gly Thr Thr Cys Arg Gln Gln Asn Gln Trp Tyr Ser Gln Cys Leu (SEQ ID       NO:2).                                                                        __________________________________________________________________________


6. The enzyme according to claim 1, wherein the carbohydrate bindingdomain has the core sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Trp Gly Gln Cys Gly Gly Ile Gly Trp Asn Gly Pro Thr Thr Cys Val               Ser Gly Ala Thr Cys Thr Lys Ile Asn Asp Trp Tyr His Gln Cys Leu (SEQ ID       NO:3).                                                                        __________________________________________________________________________


7. The enzyme according to claim 1, wherein the carbohydrate bindingdomain has the core sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Trp Gly Gln Cys Gly Gly Ile Gly Phe Asn Gly Pro Thr Cys Cys Gln               Ser Gly Ser Thr Cys Val Lys Gln Asn Asp Trp Tyr Ser Gln Cys Leu (SEQ ID       NO:4).                                                                        __________________________________________________________________________


8. The enzyme according to claim 1, wherein the carbohydrate bindingdomain has the core sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Trp                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Ala                              Glu                                                                              Gly                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Lys                                                                              Lys                                                                              Gln                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asp                                                                              Trp                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Thr                                                                              Pro (SEQ ID                      __________________________________________________________________________                                                 NO:5).                       


9. The enzyme according to claim 1, wherein the carbohydrate bindingdomain has the core sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Trp                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gly                                                                              Trp                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gly                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Cys                                                                              Ser                              Gln                                                                              Gly                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Arg                                                                              Ala                                                                              Gln                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gln                                                                              Trp                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Leu                                                                              Asn (SEQ ID                      __________________________________________________________________________                                                 NO:6).                       


10. The enzyme according to claim 1, wherein the carbohydrate bindingdomain has the core sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Trp                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gly                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Cys                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Cys                                                                              Glu                              Ala                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Arg                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gln                                                                              Asn                                                                              Ala                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Ile (SEQ ID                      __________________________________________________________________________                                                 NO:7).                       


11. The enzyme according to claim 1, wherein the carbohydrate bindingdomain has the core sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Trp                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gly                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Cys                                                                              Arg                                                                              Asn                                                                              Cys                                                                              Glu                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Arg                                                                              Ala                                                                              Gln                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asp                                                                              Trp                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Leu (SEQ ID                      __________________________________________________________________________                                                 NO:8).                       


12. The enzyme according to claim 1, wherein the carbohydrate bindingdomain has the core sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Trp                                                                              Ala                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Trp                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Cys                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Val                              Ala                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Thr                                                                              Lys                                                                              Ile                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asp                                                                              Trp                                                                              Tyr                                                                              His                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Leu (SEQ ID                      __________________________________________________________________________                                                 NO:9).                       


13. The enzyme according to claim 1, wherein the carbohydrate bindingdomain has the core sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Trp                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gln                                                                              Asn                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Lys                              Ser                                                                              Pro                                                                              Phe                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Lys                                                                              Lys                                                                              Ile                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asp                                                                              Phe                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Gln (SEQ ID                      __________________________________________________________________________                                                 NO:10).                      


14. The enzyme according to claim 1, wherein the carbohydrate bindingdomain has the core sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Trp                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Trp                                                                              Thr                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ala                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Ala                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Leu                                                                              Lys                                                                              Cys                                                                              Glu                                                                              Lys                                                                              Ile                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asp                                                                              Trp                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Gln                                                                              Cys                                                                              Val (SEQ ID                      __________________________________________________________________________                                                 NO:11).                      


15. The enzyme according to claim 1, wherein the linking B region has anamino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Ala                                                                              Arg                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Val                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Cys                              Ser                                                                              Pro                                                                              Leu (SEQ ID NO:12);                                                     Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Ala                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gln                                                                              Trp                              Thr                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Ala                                                                              Gln                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Thr                                                                              Leu                                                                              His                                                                              Glu                                                                              Lys (SEQ ID NO:13);                                   Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Thr                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ala                                                                              Pro                                                                              Leu (SEQ ID NO:14);                                Val                                                                              Phe                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Ser                                                                              Asn                              Pro                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Phe                                                                              Ile                                                                              Thr                                                                              Gln                                                                              Val                                                                              Pro                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                              Thr                                                                              Pro                                                                              Val                                                                              Ser                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Thr                                                                              Val                                                                              Ala                                                                              Lys (SEQ ID NO:15);                          Pro                                                                              Ala                                                                              Leu                                                                              Trp                                                                              Pro                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gln                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Cys                              Thr                                                                              Val                                                                              Pro                                                                              Lys (SEQ ID NO:16);                                                  Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gln                                                                              Val                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                              Ser                                                                              Arg                                                                              Ala                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ala                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Val                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ile                                                                              Thr                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Arg                                                                              Thr                                                                              Val                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ile                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ala                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                              Ala                                                                              Ser                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Asn (SEQ ID NO:17);.                                                 Glu                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Trp                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Cys                                                                              Ser                              Pro                                                                              Leu (SEQ ID NO:18); and                                                    Pro                                                                              Ala                                                                              Val                                                                              Gln                                                                              Ile                                                                              Pro                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Pro                                                                              Val                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gln                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                              Val                                                                              Gln                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Pro                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Cys                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ala                                                                              Glu                                                                              Arg (SEQ ID NO:19).                       __________________________________________________________________________


16. The enzyme according to claim 1 which is a cellulase.
 17. The enzymeaccording to claim 16 which is an endoglucanase, cellobiohydrolase orβ-glucosidase.
 18. An isolated and purified cellulose- orhemicellulose-degrading enzyme, comprising a catalytically activedomain, a carbohydrate binding domain and a linking B region whichoperably links the catalytically active domain and the carbohydratebinding domain, wherein the linking B region has an amino acid sequenceselected from the group consisting of:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Ala                                                                              Arg                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Val                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Cys                              Ser                                                                              Pro                                                                              Leu (SEQ ID NO:12);                                                     Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Ala                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gln                                                                              Trp                              Thr                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Ala                                                                              Gln                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Thr                                                                              Leu                                                                              His                                                                              Glu                                                                              Lys (SEQ ID NO:13);                                   Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Thr                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ala                                                                              Pro                                                                              Leu (SEQ ID NO:14);                                Val                                                                              Phe                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Ser                                                                              Asn                              Pro                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Phe                                                                              Ile                                                                              Thr                                                                              Gln                                                                              Val                                                                              Pro                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                              Thr                                                                              Pro                                                                              Val                                                                              Ser                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Thr                                                                              Val                                                                              Ala                                                                              Lys (SEQ ID NO:15);                          Pro                                                                              Ala                                                                              Leu                                                                              Trp                                                                              Pro                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gln                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Cys                              Thr                                                                              Val                                                                              Pro                                                                              Lys (SEQ ID NO:16);                                                  Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gln                                                                              Val                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                              Ser                                                                              Arg                                                                              Ala                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ala                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Val                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ile                                                                              Thr                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Arg                                                                              Thr                                                                              Val                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ile                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ala                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                              Ala                                                                              Ser                                                                              Tyr                                                                              Asn (SEQ ID NO:17);                                                  Glu                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Trp                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Cys                                                                              Ser                              Pro                                                                              Leu (SEQ ID NO:18); and                                                    Pro                                                                              Ala                                                                              Val                                                                              Gln                                                                              Ile                                                                              Pro                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Pro                                                                              Val                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gln                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                              Val                                                                              Gln                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Pro                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Cys                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ala                                                                              Glu                                                                              Arg (SEQ ID NO:19)                        __________________________________________________________________________

wherein the enzyme is endogenous to a strain of a fungus other thanTrichoderma or Phanerochaete.
 19. The enzyme according to claim 18,which is endogenous to a strain of Humicola.
 20. The enzyme according toclaim 18, which is endogenous to a strain of Fusarium.
 21. The enzymeaccording to claim 18, which is endogenous to a strain of Myceliopthora.22. The enzyme according to claim 18, wherein the linking B region hasthe amino acid sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Ala                                                                              Arg                                                                              Thr                                                                              Asn                                                                              Val                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Thr                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Cys                              Ser                                                                              Pro                                                                              Leu (SEQ ID NO:12).                                                     __________________________________________________________________________


23. The enzyme according to claim 18, wherein the linking B region hasthe amino acid sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Pro                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Ala                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gln                                                                              Trp                              Thr                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Ala                                                                              Gln                                                                              Thr                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ser                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Thr                                                                              Leu                                                                              His                                                                              Glu                                                                              Lys (SEQ ID NO:13).                                   __________________________________________________________________________


24. The enzyme according to claim 18, wherein the linking B region hasthe amino acid sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Thr                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Ala                                                                              Pro                                                                              Leu (SEQ ID NO:14).                                __________________________________________________________________________


25. The enzyme according to claim 18, wherein the linking B region hasthe amino acid sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Val                                                                              Phe                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Ser                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Ser                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Ser                                                                              Asn                              Pro                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Thr                                                                              Phe                                                                              Ile                                                                              Thr                                                                              Gln                                                                              Val                                                                              Pro                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                              Thr                                                                              Pro                                                                              Val                                                                              Ser                                                                              Pro                                                                              Pro                                                                              Thr                                                                              Cys                                                                              Thr                                                                              Val                                                                              Ala                                                                              Lys (SEQ ID NO:15).                          __________________________________________________________________________


26. The enzyme according to claim 18, wherein the linking B region hasthe amino acid sequence:

    __________________________________________________________________________    Pro                                                                              Ala                                                                              Leu                                                                              Trp                                                                              Pro                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Pro                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gln                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gln                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Asn                                                                              Gly                                                                              Gly                                                                              Cys                              Thr                                                                              Val                                                                              Pro                                                                              Lys (SEQ ID NO:16).                                                  __________________________________________________________________________


27. The enzyme according to claim 18, wherein the linking B region hasthe amino acid sequence: ##STR11##
 28. The enzyme according to claim 18,wherein the linking B region has the amino acid sequence: ##STR12## 29.The enzyme according to claim 18, wherein the linking B region has theamino acid sequence: ##STR13##